https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/X-command-UNIX-and-SAS-Log/m-p/44338#M11738 When you sas 'results' that could mean a lot of different things. Especially since a great deal can be done with the X statement. The automatic macro variable &amp;SYSRC returns the success or failure of the X statement. Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:24:11 GMT ArtC 2010-12-03T21:24:11Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/X-command-UNIX-and-SAS-Log/m-p/44337#M11737 Is there a way to have the X command results redirect to the SAS log?<BR /> <BR /> I'm not an experienced Unix user - so if there is something else I can then your suggestion is welcome. Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:13:58 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/X-command-UNIX-and-SAS-Log/m-p/44337#M11737 TriciaA 2010-12-03T21:13:58Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/X-command-UNIX-and-SAS-Log/m-p/44338#M11738 When you sas 'results' that could mean a lot of different things. Especially since a great deal can be done with the X statement. The automatic macro variable &amp;SYSRC returns the success or failure of the X statement. Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:24:11 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/X-command-UNIX-and-SAS-Log/m-p/44338#M11738 ArtC 2010-12-03T21:24:11Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/X-command-UNIX-and-SAS-Log/m-p/44339#M11739 Instead of the X statement, use a pipe. See <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/hostunx/61879/HTML/default/viewer.htm#pipe.htm" target="_blank">Reading from and Writing to UNIX Commands (PIPE)</A>. Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:23:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/X-command-UNIX-and-SAS-Log/m-p/44339#M11739 Tim_SAS 2010-12-04T17:23:18Z