If you have a metadata-enabled SAS installation on Linux which means you have a working metadata tier, then the easiest way to run batch jobs in my opinion is to use the Schedule Manager functionality in SAS Management Console. If you aren't familiar with SMC, it is a PC-installed tool that allows you to connect to your SAS server and run or schedule batch jobs via a GUI - you avoid using command lines completely.
Schedule Manager automatically builds and runs a SAS batch command line behind the scenes and puts all of the batch logs in one folder, nicely time and date stamped so they are all in one place and in time order.
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