run SAS script from UNIX command line

README.md

To use, put the script in a file on the machine you want to run SAS, then make it executable.

chmod +x run_sas.sh

After that, you can use it to run SAS scripts:

./run_sas.sh myscript.sas

This will execute the code, then output the results in your terminal.

run_sas.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -x

SCRIPT="$1"
BASE="$(basename $SCRIPT .sas)"
LST="${BASE}.lst"
LOG="${BASE}.log"

# cleanup
rm "$LOG" "$LST"
if sasu8 -nodms -terminal "$SCRIPT"; then
  # success
  less "$LST" "$LOG"
else
  # failed
  cat $LOG
fi