Date:         Sat, 27 May 2000 22:17:04 -0700
Reply-To:     kmself@IX.NETCOM.COM
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         kmself@IX.NETCOM.COM
Subject:      Re: Batch mode
Comments: To: Kalisetty558 <kalisetty558@cs.com>
In-Reply-To:  <no.id>; from kalisetty558@CS.COM on Fri, May 26,
              2000 at 08:39:14PM +0000
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On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 08:39:14PM +0000, Kalisetty558 wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> I want to run number of programs(say 10) at once. I run a single program by
> typing "SAS program name" at the command prompt.. But, how to run  10 programs
> by a single command?
> We have SAS in a UNIX(AIX) environment and version 6.12.

If you have access to the 'at' scheduling utility, you can enter a list
of commands, followed by a <cntrl>-D (control key plus D, noted "^D"),
to schedule a list of commands:

    $ at now
    > sas myprog1
    > sas myprog2
    .
    .
    .
    > sas myprog 10
    ^D


...schedules your job to run "now".  'cron' and 'batch' are alternate
schedulers.

You can run a series of commands from the command line too:

    $ ( sas mprog1; sas myprog2; ... ; sas myprog10 ) & 

...runs the jobs in a subshell of current shell.   This syntax assumes
bourne, korn, POSIX, or bash shells.  The csh and tcsh use a different
syntax.

You can also create and execute a shell script:

    $ cat <<EOF > runsas.scr
    > #!/bin/sh
    > sas myprog1
    > sas myprog2
    > ...
    > sas myprog10
    > EOF
    $ chmod 544 myprog10
    $ ./myprog10 & 

...creates a shell script (as a 'here' document), makes it executable,
and runs it.

...More than one way to skin this cat.

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