Procs import and export print multiple lines in the log file for each variable in the files to be translated. With hundreds of variables it becomes quite a nuisance. I have seen several postings suggesting "options nosource" for suppressing the excess output of the proc import or proc export, but I haven't actually seen it work. There is an example posted on the SAS website that shows it failing to work. If the link doesn't work, try searching for "Example 2: Exporting a Subset of Observations to a CSV File" or see the attachment. Notice the numbered lines include the unwanted printout even though nosource is specified among the options. Is there any solution? All I need is the number of variables and observations - not the source code for the translation itself.     ... View more

I am using proc export to export a file to csv format with several thousand variables, and SAS writes more than 5,000 lines to the log file, which is a nuisance. Can that be suppressed somehow? I tried "nosource" but that has no effect.  It is SAS 9.4. If you don't believe me, here is an extract from the middle of a file with 74 variables:   505 ',' 506 "taxbc" 507 ',' 508 "s006" 509 ; 510 end; 511 set _LAST_ end=EFIEOD; 512 format MARS best12. ; 513 format XTOT best12. ; 514 format EIC best12. ; 515 format f6251 best12. ; It goes on for 315 lines for this small file. It looks like this output was intended for debugging problem exports. Surely there is a way to turn it off.   Daniel Feenberg  ... View more