Date:         Sat, 14 Apr 2001 08:43:56 -0700
Reply-To:     "Terjeson, Mark" <TerjeMW@DSHS.WA.GOV>
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From:         "Terjeson, Mark" <TerjeMW@DSHS.WA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Embedding UNIX commands in SAS
Comments: To: chandra kalisetty <c.kalisetty@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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Hi Sekhar,

We're using Sun here too.  Yes, you can embed Unix
commands in a SAS program.  You will need to move
the quote marks around just a little.  This works:
        x  'cp myfile nextfile';
or
        x  "cp myfile nextfile";

Hope this is helpful,
Mark Terjeson
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Division of Research and Data Analysis (RDA)
mailto:terjemw@dshs.wa.gov


-----Original Message-----
From: chandra kalisetty [mailto:c.kalisetty@WORLDNET.ATT.NET]
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 6:03 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Embedding UNIX commands in SAS


Hello all

Is it possible to embed UNIX commands in a SAS program. I tried using "X cp
myfile nextfile " like commands, but it did not work. We are using SAS v8
and Sun Solaris platform.

any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Sekhar