statement start with x

[HeatherNewton]

I have a line looking very strange

it starts with x followed by double quote and end in double quote

X"mv &GXXXX/data file1                    &GXXXX/data_file2"

inside the double quote is changing content of one file to another..

is this not sas command but linus or from dos? what does it mean?

[Kurt_Bremser]

How about asking the documentation?

X Statement 

[HeatherNewton]

the exact line is as follows:

x"mv &G_IFC_STG_PATH/atsm_static.sas7bdat &G_IFC_STG_PATH/atsm_stat_bak.sas7bdat "

please help thx

[Kurt_Bremser]

What is unclear to you after reading the documentation I linked?

[Sajid01]

Hello @HeatherNewton 
This line executes the operating system (Linux)  command mv (move).
It is renaming the file atsm_static.sas7bdat  to atsm_stat_bak.sas7bdat. (Note you have _bak  added in the new name).

&G_IFC_STG_PATH is the macro variable that shows the path or location of the files.