Find name of raw data file from SAS

[Jagadeesh2907]

Hi ,

I have a text file which i need to read. However, i do not know the complete name of the file. 

For Example: 

The file name for today would be "hello_file_20190415_bc_10.txt" and file name for tomorrow would be "hello_file_20190416_bc_11.txt". 

Is it possible to find the name of today's file knowing that partial string "hello_file_20190415_bc_" is a defininte pattern. The problem here is the number 10 and 11 at the end of file name is not know to us and we need to read this file everyday. 

please help me how i can approach and solve this. 

Thank you

[andreas_lds · Accepted solution]

If only one file in the folder matches the patter "hello_file_20190415_bc_*.txt", you can use the wildcard in the infile-statement.