Turns out this is a problem with the Putty program. It doesn't allow one to call it from SAS using a command line call. I assume this has something to do with calling the program from an outside command line call. As a work around I am simply going to have SAS create the .BAT file, and then call the bat file from sas. This works and does what I need it too, so i'll be a happy camper. Thanks for the pipe trick Tom, I wasn't aware of that and that is what allowed me to determine it was a Putty program and not sas
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