How to run a UNIX command from SAS?

[deleted_user]

Hi
can any one tell me how to run a unix command from sas?
Urgent !!!
Thanks in Advance.

regards
Rupa

[DThompson]

See the SAS 9.1 Companion for UNIX Environment, pg 13 "Executing Operating System Commands from your SAS Session". This explains it fairly well. You can use an "X" statement or "call system" statement from within a SAS session to jump out to the OS and run a command.

[deleted_user]

it works!
Thanks