Date:         Fri, 6 Jun 2003 16:39:35 -0700
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From:         "David L. Cassell" <cassell.david@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Removing line numbers in LOG?
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SAS User <sasuser@GUILDENSTERN.DYNDNS.ORG> sagely suggested:
>     sed -ne '/^[0-9][0-9]*/s/...........//p' < foo.log > foo.sas

     perl -pe "s/^\d+!?//" < foo.log > foo.sas

> This misses 'CARDS' and 'DATALINES' statements, and may include
> additional autoexec lines.

This has similar flaws, but does tear off the annoying "!" when a
line runs long.

And it can be done in SAS V9, using the prx___ functions.

I just couldn't resist,
David
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David Cassell, CSC
Cassell.David@epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician