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Sending the LOG and OUTPUT from PC SAS to a seperate file

Here is how to direct the SAS LOG file and or SAS Output  to a seperate file.

Approach 1: Using Display Manager Statements;

filename log 'C:\temp\logfile.log';

filename out 'C:\temp\output.lst';

*Select only male students and age less than 16;
proc sql;
create table males as
select age, height, weight
from sashelp.class
where sex='M' and age lt 16 
order by age;
quit;


*Get the descriptive statistics for height variable by age;
proc means data=males ;
by age;
var height;
output out=htstats mean=mean n=n std=sd median=med min=min max=max;
run;


DM 'OUT;FILE OUT REP;';
DM 'LOG;FILE LOG REP;';

Information about Display Manager Commands:
DEXPORT and DIMPORT: DISPLAY MANAGER commands used to IMPORT and EXPORT the Tab delimited (Excel and .CSV) files;
SAS Display Manager Commands



Approach 2: Using Proc PRINTTO procedure;

Refer:  How to save the log file or what is PROC PRINTTO procedure 

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