Please try the FILENAME statement option TERMSTR.
filename sample 'sample.csv' termstr=CRLF;
proc import datafile=sample out=csv replace dbms=csv;
run;
>some variables have line breaks
This is insufficient information.
Are these LF or CRLF ? How do the breaks show in Notepad++ or in MS Word?
Having LF in .csv created from Excels is unfortunately not uncommon. Luckily your .csv will most likely use CRLF as actual end-of-line indicator.
If so then using termstr=CRLF in the Infile statement should be the silver bullet for you.
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