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run SAS script from UNIX command line
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README.md

To use, put the script in a file on the machine you want to run SAS, then make it executable.

chmod +x run_sas.sh

After that, you can use it to run SAS scripts:

./run_sas.sh myscript.sas

This will execute the code, then output the results in your terminal.

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run_sas.sh
#!/bin/bash
set -x
SCRIPT="$1"
BASE="$(basename $SCRIPT .sas)"
LST="${BASE}.lst"
LOG="${BASE}.log"
# cleanup
rm "$LOG" "$LST"
if sasu8 -nodms -terminal "$SCRIPT"; then
# success
less "$LST" "$LOG"
else
# failed
cat $LOG
fi
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