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SAShole
Pyrite | Level 9

I'm looking for the UNIX equivalent of this code:

 

 Filename filelist pipe "dir /b /s c:\temp\*.sas"; 
                                                                                   
   Data _null_;                                        
     Infile filelist truncover;
     Input filename $100.;
     Put filename=;
   Run; 

 

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Reeza
Super User
 Filename filelist pipe "ls -R /temp/"; 
                                                                                   
   Data _null_;                                        
     Infile filelist truncover;
     Input filename $100.;
     Put filename=;
   Run; 

ls is the equivalent to DIR from Windows:

http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/ls1.html

 

There's also a macro here that does this using pure SAS functions if you do not have PIPE or X command access.

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/listing-all-files-within-a-directory-and-subdirectori...

 


@SAShole wrote:

I'm looking for the UNIX equivalent of this code:

 

 Filename filelist pipe "dir /b /s c:\temp\*.sas"; 
                                                                                   
   Data _null_;                                        
     Infile filelist truncover;
     Input filename $100.;
     Put filename=;
   Run; 

 


 

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Reeza
Super User
 Filename filelist pipe "ls -R /temp/"; 
                                                                                   
   Data _null_;                                        
     Infile filelist truncover;
     Input filename $100.;
     Put filename=;
   Run; 

ls is the equivalent to DIR from Windows:

http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_man_pages/ls1.html

 

There's also a macro here that does this using pure SAS functions if you do not have PIPE or X command access.

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/listing-all-files-within-a-directory-and-subdirectori...

 


@SAShole wrote:

I'm looking for the UNIX equivalent of this code:

 

 Filename filelist pipe "dir /b /s c:\temp\*.sas"; 
                                                                                   
   Data _null_;                                        
     Infile filelist truncover;
     Input filename $100.;
     Put filename=;
   Run; 

 


 

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