topic Re: statement start with x in SAS Programming

statement start with x

HeatherNewton — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:10:40 GMT

I have a line looking very strange

it starts with x followed by double quote and end in double quote

X"mv &GXXXX/data file1 &GXXXX/data_file2"

inside the double quote is changing content of one file to another..

is this not sas command but linus or from dos? what does it mean?

Re: statement start with x

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:15:55 GMT

How about asking the documentation?

X Statement

Re: statement start with x

HeatherNewton — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:16:31 GMT

the exact line is as follows:

x"mv &G_IFC_STG_PATH/atsm_static.sas7bdat &G_IFC_STG_PATH/atsm_stat_bak.sas7bdat "

please help thx

Re: statement start with x

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 07:21:26 GMT

What is unclear to you after reading the documentation I linked?

Re: statement start with x

Sajid01 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 08:55:25 GMT

Hello @HeatherNewton
This line executes the operating system (Linux) command mv (move).
It is renaming the file atsm_static.sas7bdat to atsm_stat_bak.sas7bdat. (Note you have _bak added in the new name).

&G_IFC_STG_PATH is the macro variable that shows the path or location of the files.