topic Re: Is there a way to run .sh on SAS?? in New SAS User

Is there a way to run .sh on SAS??

gugukaka — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 02:46:05 GMT

In Linux, we created a shell that transfers server1 to server2. Is there a way to run .sh on SAS?

Re: Is there a way to run .sh on SAS??

Kalind_Patel — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 03:51:26 GMT

Yes, You can execute the shell script in SAS Session using XCMD option,

It might be disabled in your Workspace Server due to security concerns, so you might have to enable it,
You can refer this link for more details about this command:
https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=hostunx&docsetTarget=n02699r064oqccn19vblte8xzr8m.htm&docsetVersion=9.4&locale=en

Re: Is there a way to run .sh on SAS??

gugukaka — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 04:10:53 GMT

Thank you for the previous answer. One more question,
Is there a way to macro x y values in SAS when running a shell on Linux, for example sh test.sh x y?

Re: Is there a way to run .sh on SAS??

Tom — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 04:39:05 GMT

Use the macro variables to generate the command you pass to the shell the same way you would use the macro variables to generate any other SAS command you want to run.

So if you want run the unix command

test.sh x y

And you have two macro variables named, for example, arg1 and arg2, like so:

%let arg1=x;
%let arg2=y;

Then you can generate that command like so:

test.sh &arg1. &arg2.

Personally I prefer to use a pipe to run the operating system commands, since then the program and read back any messages the command might reply with.

data _null_;
  infile "test.sh &arg1. &arg2." pipe;
  input;
  put _infile_;
run;

Re: Is there a way to run .sh on SAS??

gugukaka — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 05:03:36 GMT

Thank you very much! It was what I wanted!