I want to delete the same line from many SAS PROGRAMS. is there a easy way to do it?
Sandy
What tools do you have? sed should be able to do.
Since they are SAS programs why not use SAS to do it?
data _null_;
length infile outfile $200 ;
infile '*.sas' filename=infile ;
input ;
outfile = cats(infile,'.new');
file new filevar=outfile;
if _infile_^='DELETE THIS LINE;' then put _infile_;
run;
If you use Tom's approach make sure the length, the $200, actually covers the length of ALL lines in the files.
I know that programs really shouldn't have lines that long but occasional things like datalines may exceed that expectation.
Can you explain in detail about your requirement with an example?
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