https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/proc-contents-for-hundreds-of-data-sets-in-one-time/m-p/40738#M10534 You want to use the DIRECTORY and DETAILS options of PROC CONTENTS; along with DATA=<LIBREF.>_ALL_</LIBREF.> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:08:16 GMT Paige 2010-06-25T14:08:16Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/proc-contents-for-hundreds-of-data-sets-in-one-time/m-p/40737#M10533 I need to do proc contents for over 500 data sets, each data set has a different name (not a series), how can I do proc contents for each file easily?<BR /> Thanks!<BR /> <BR /> Ken Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:02:08 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/proc-contents-for-hundreds-of-data-sets-in-one-time/m-p/40737#M10533 Ken_oy 2010-06-25T14:02:08Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/proc-contents-for-hundreds-of-data-sets-in-one-time/m-p/40738#M10534 You want to use the DIRECTORY and DETAILS options of PROC CONTENTS; along with DATA=<LIBREF.>_ALL_</LIBREF.> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:08:16 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/proc-contents-for-hundreds-of-data-sets-in-one-time/m-p/40738#M10534 Paige 2010-06-25T14:08:16Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/proc-contents-for-hundreds-of-data-sets-in-one-time/m-p/40739#M10535 Thanks for your quick reply. <BR /> <BR /> Can you show me an simple example?<BR /> Thanks! Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:12:05 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/proc-contents-for-hundreds-of-data-sets-in-one-time/m-p/40739#M10535 Ken_oy 2010-06-25T14:12:05Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/proc-contents-for-hundreds-of-data-sets-in-one-time/m-p/40740#M10536 Thanks figured it out!! Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:19:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/proc-contents-for-hundreds-of-data-sets-in-one-time/m-p/40740#M10536 Ken_oy 2010-06-25T14:19:21Z