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Jason Rogers
Jason Rogers

Reputation: 869

Output to Log the output from CMD in SAS?

I am trying to do a Check Sum on a file and I thought using the X command was a good idea. 

x 'CertUtil -hashfile U:\Programs\test\example.xml MD5';

I have looked all over the web to find out if I can print the output from this to the SAS Log, or even better to ODS PDF, but can't find anything.

I did explore using the DM statement but again I am unsure whether I can use CMD with this.

How do I print the CMD output to the SAS Log?

FINAL CODE AFTER ANSWER

filename fn pipe "CertUtil -hashfile U:\Programs\test\example.xml MD5";

data _NULL_;
infile fn MISSOVER DSD TRUNCOVER;
input 
VAR1 $200. ;
put _infile_;
IF _N_ = 2 THEN CALL SYMPUT("HASH",VAR1);
run;
ods pdf text = "CheckSum for example.xml: &HASH";

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2128

Answers (1)

user2877959
user2877959

Reputation: 1792

You can use the pipe filename engine instead of an x statement:

filename fn pipe `CertUtil -hashfile U:\Programs\test\example.xml MD5';

data _null_;
infile fn;
input;
put _infile_;
run;

In the data step, the infile statement executes the system command, the input statement reads in the output of the command one line at a time and the put _infile_ statement writes each line to the log.

Upvotes: 4

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