Commands Syntax Listed by Category

Data Access

Name	Syntax and Description
CVPBYTES=, CVPENGINE=, and CVPMULTIPLIER= Options	LIBNAME libref <CVPBYTES=bytes > <CVPENGINE=engine > <CVPMULTIPLIER=multiplier > 'SAS data-library'; Specifies attributes for character variables that are needed in order to transcode a SAS file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
ENCODING= Option	ENCODING= 'encoding-value' Overrides and transcodes the encoding for input or output processing of external files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
INENCODING= and OUTENCODING= Options	INENCODING= ANY \| ASCIIANY \| EBCDICANY \| encoding-value OUTENCODING= ANY \| ASCIIANY \| EBCDICANY \| encoding-value Overrides and changes the encoding when reading or writing SAS data sets in the SAS library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
ODSCHARSET= Option	ODSCHARSET=character-set; Specifies the character set to be generated in the META declaration for the output. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
ODSTRANTAB= Option	TRANTAB ='translation-table' Specifies the translation table to use when transcoding an XML document for an output file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
RENCODING= Option	RENCODING=ASCII-encoding-value \| EBCDIC-encoding-value Specifies the ASCII-based or EBCDIC-based encoding to use for transcoding data for a SAS/SHARE server session that is using an EBCDICANY or ASCIIANY session encoding. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
XMLENCODING= Option	XMLENCODING= 'encoding-value' Overrides the encoding of an XML document to import or export an external document. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide

Information

Name	Syntax and Description
TRANSCODE= Option	ATTRIB variable-list(s) attribute-list(s) ; Specifies an attribute in the ATTRIB statement (which associates a format, informat, label, and length with one or more variables) that indicates whether character variables are to be transcoded. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide

ODS: Third-Party Formatted

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Name	Syntax and Description
CHARSET= Option	CHARSET=character-set ; Specifies the character set to be generated in the META declaration for the output. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
TRANTAB= Option	TRANTAB = (translation-table) Specifies the translation table to use when you are transcoding character data in a SAS file for the appropriate output file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide

Text editing, command-line command

A B C D F I K N R S

Name	Syntax and Description
AUTOADD Command	AUTOADD <ON \| OFF> Controls automatic line addition. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
AUTOFLOW Command	AUTOFLOW <ON \| OFF> Controls whether text is flowed when it is included, copied, or pasted. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
AUTOSPLIT Command	AUTOSPLIT <ON \| OFF> Controls whether text is split at the cursor when you press ENTER or RETURN, or when you are at a carriage return. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
AUTOWRAP Command	AUTOWRAP <ON \| OFF> Controls whether text is wrapped when it is included, copied, or filed. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
BOUNDS Command	BOUNDS < left right > Sets left and right boundaries when text is flowed. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
CAPS Command	CAPS <ON \| OFF> Changes the default case of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
CURSOR Command	CURSOR Moves the cursor to the command line. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
DICT Command	DICT INCLUDE dictionary-name \| FREE dictionary-name \| CREATE dictionary-name < size > Includes, releases, and creates an auxiliary dictionary. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
FILL Command	FILL < 'fill-character' > < n > Places fill characters beginning at the current cursor position. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
INDENT Command	INDENT <ON \| OFF> Retains left margin indention when text is flowed. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
KEYS Command	KEYS Enables you to assign function keys to tasks. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
NUMBERS Command	NUMBERS <ON \| OFF> Adds or removes line numbers. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
RESET Command	RESET Removes any pending line commands. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
SPELL Command	SPELL <ALL <SUGGEST> > SPELL <NEXT \| PREV \| SUGGEST> SPELL <REMEMBER < dictionary-name > > Checks spelling and flags unrecognized words. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments

Text editing, line command

C D I J M R T

Name	Syntax and Description
C Command	C intervening text A \| B Copies one line of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
CC Command	CC block of text CC intervening text A \| B Copies a block of lines of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
CCL Command	CCL block of text CCL Changes all characters in designated lines of text to lowercase. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
CCU Command	CCU block of text CCU Changes all characters in a designated block of lines of text to uppercase. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
CL Command	CL < n > Changes all characters in a designated line of text to lowercase. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
>> Command (Shift Right Block)	>> < n > block of text >> < n > Shifts to the right a designated block of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
> Command (Shift Right)	> < n > Shifts to the right a designated line of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
< Command	< < n > Shifts to the left a designated line of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
<< Command	<< < n > block-of-text << < n > Shifts to the left a designated block of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
> Command	> < n > Shifts to the right a designated line of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
>> Command	>> < n > block-of-text >> < n > Shifts to the right a designated block of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
( Command	( < n > Shifts to the left one designated line of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
(( Command	(( < n > block-of-text (( < n > Shifts to the left a designated block of lines of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
) Command	) < n > Shifts to the right one designated line of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
)) Command	)) < n > block-of-text )) < n > Shifts to the right a designated block of lines of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
CU Command	CU < n > Changes all characters in a designated line of text to uppercase. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
D Command	D < n > Deletes a designated line. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
DD Command	DD block of lines DD Deletes a designated block of lines. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
I Command	I <A \| B> < n > Inserts one or more blank lines. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
JC Command	JC < n > Centers a designated line of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
JJC Command	JJC block-of-text JJC Centers each line of text independently in a designated block of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
JJL Command	JJL < n > block-of-text JJL < n > Left-aligns a designated block of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
JJR Command	JJR < n > block-of-text JJR < n > Right-aligns a designated block of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
JL Command	JL < n > Left-aligns a designated line of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
JR Command	JR < n > Right-aligns a designated line of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
M Command	M < n > intervening-text A \| B Moves one line of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
MASK Command	MASK Defines the contents of one or more new lines. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
MM Command	MM block-of-text MM intervening-text A \| B Moves a block of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
R Command	R < n > Repeats a designated line. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
RR Command	RR < n > block of text RR < n > Repeats a block of lines. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
TC Command	TC Connects two lines of text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
TF Command	TF <A> < n > Flows text to a blank line or to the end of the text. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments
TS Command	TS < n > Splits text at the cursor. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS 9.3 Companion for UNIX Environments