Printto lst output to SAS log

[DougZ]

Is it possible to (simply) write lst output to the SAS log?  In my case I want to see a very short Proc Print in the log itself.  Seems to me there should be a

    proc printto print=log;

kind of option... not?

I'm on Linux Base SAS 9.4M6.

[Tom · Accepted solution]

Are you running interactively or not?  It not you might be able to do something using Unix redirection and the -stdio command line option.

Otherwise you will need a lot more code to first point PRINT to a file, using PROC PRINTTO or ODS LISTING, close it, read it in and dump it to the log.

Example:

1167  filename print2 temp;
1168  proc printto print=print2; run;

NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINTTO used (Total process time):
      real time           0.00 seconds
      cpu time            0.00 seconds


1169  proc print data=sashelp.class (obs=3); run;

NOTE: There were 3 observations read from the data set SASHELP.CLASS.
NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):
      real time           0.01 seconds
      cpu time            0.01 seconds


1170  proc printto print=print; run;

NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINTTO used (Total process time):
      real time           0.00 seconds
      cpu time            0.00 seconds


1171  data _null_;
1172    infile print2;
1173    input;
1174    put _infile_;
1175  run;

NOTE: The infile PRINT2 is:

      Filename=...#LN00070,
      RECFM=V,LRECL=32767,File Size (bytes)=313,
      Last Modified=10Jan2020:09:23:52,
      Create Time=10Jan2020:09:23:52

SAS 9.4 on WINDOWS                                                       19:09 Monday, January 6, 2020 1753

Obs     Name      Sex    Age    Height    Weight

  1    Alfred      M      14     69.0      112.5
  2    Alice       F      13     56.5       84.0
  3    Barbara     F      13     65.3       98.0
NOTE: 7 records were read from the infile PRINT2.
      The minimum record length was 0.
      The maximum record length was 107.
NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):
      real time           0.01 seconds
      cpu time            0.00 seconds

[DougZ]

Tom,

I'm running in batch mode, Linux SAS. Thanks - that's a good solution - that would work and I may use it later.  And thanks for your quick reply!  In the meantime I employed the lost art of the  data _null_ report...

        data _null_;
            if _n_ = 1 then do;
                put @01/ 132*"=";
                put @01 Count of Oracle table rows and available SAS BRI input load file rows,  %sysfunc(datetime(),datetime19.)";
                put @01 "    Dataset printed: &out,  Program: %sysfunc(getoption(sysin))" /;
                put / @01 "db      schema     table     ora_ct    sas_ct    diff           sas_file" /;
            end;

            set &out END=lastrec;

            put @01 db
                @09 schema
                @20 table
                @30 ora_ct
                @40 sas_ct
                @50 diff
                @65 sas_file
                ;

            if lastrec then put / 132*"=" /;
        run;