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SASSLICK001
Obsidian | Level 7

Hi All

I am trying to read all log files in a directory but to avoid one log file (test.log)

How can I achive this?

I'm trying to do this by filename

filename filename ("c:\temp\*.log")

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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Here is the general form.  Fill in the rest of the data step for how you want and to actually read the log files.

data want ;

   length filename $200 ;

   infile 'c:\temp\*.log' filename=filename .... ;

   input @;

   if scan(filename,-1,'\')='temp.log' then delete ;

  ....

run;

Ksharp
Super User

infile dummy filevar=fname end=last;

do until(last);

input .;

output;

end;

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