A colleague suggested me to use the option dlm='|' to force to read the complete line.
But I wonder if there is a better option or combined options to do that .
Here's the code :
filename filelist pipe "find /folder1/sasdata/TestActuariat/ -type f ";
data fileslisting2;
length text $1000.;
infile filelist dlm='|';
input text;
run;
Here's an observation of fileslisting2;
Does the option dlm='|' is a good one or can we do better?
/folder1/sasdata/TestActuariat/Conversion Classic/Cycle3/gc/habi/gc_res_prop_jul2018.dpf.00010f97.0.1.spds9
Without the good option we get:
/folder1/sasdata/TestActuariat/Conversion
If you want to get the entire content of the input buffer into the text variable, why not just use an assignment statement, like this:
filename filelist pipe "find /folder1/sasdata/TestActuariat/ -type f ";
data fileslisting2;
length text $1000.;
infile filelist;
input;
text=_infile_;
run;
This technique will capture all of the text, even if it contains a pipe character (|).
If you want to get the entire content of the input buffer into the text variable, why not just use an assignment statement, like this:
filename filelist pipe "find /folder1/sasdata/TestActuariat/ -type f ";
data fileslisting2;
length text $1000.;
infile filelist;
input;
text=_infile_;
run;
This technique will capture all of the text, even if it contains a pipe character (|).
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