topic run shell script error in SAS Programming

run shell script error

GeorgeSAS — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 21:42:16 GMT

Hello everyone,

I have a shell script in unix whose name is : batching.csh

Here is the code inside this file:

#!/bin/ksh
cd /Program_Directory/
sas prog_1.sas &

My problem is when I run this script it told me "Command not found"

             xnzspap23x-tcsh-23$ batching.csh
             batching.csh: Command not found.

This is my first time create a shell script in unix, please help me!

Thank you!

Re: run shell script error

Reeza — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 21:43:47 GMT

First figure out the command line that you need directly in Unix.

Then you incorporate those into a sh file that you call from Unix and test

Then you test it in SAS.

Which step are you on now?

Re: run shell script error

Kurt_Bremser — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 22:04:52 GMT

If the directory where your script is stored is not in the PATH environment variable, you need to supply the whole path for the command. Or at least ./ for the current directory.

Re: run shell script error

GeorgeSAS — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 22:54:31 GMT

I found the problem is I use notepad to edit the .csh file. when I use vi to create this file it works.
but vi is very not convenient to edit like notepad. any suggestion?

Re: run shell script error

Reeza — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 23:20:34 GMT

When you save it make sure it gets saved with the .sh extension and doesn't get named filename.sh.txt or something of the sort.

Re: run shell script error

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 06:04:21 GMT

I would not use something as crude as Windows Notepad for programming work (which inlcudes shell scripting).

Actually, I still use vi for scripts

- is available on ALL UNIX platforms with the same syntax

- works even over a simple telnet connection, as it does not need any function keys/mousing around/etc

- can edit files of arbitrary size, although it might change to line mode with sufficiently large files.

If you are working on UNIX from Windows, I recommend using notepad++, as it can write text files in UNIX mode (LF instead of CRLF), provides a hex display mode, and lots of other features that are helpful when writing any type of code.