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# 1  
Old 05-21-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by Master_Mind
Hi Don,

My sample.sas7bdat is a sas dataset file which hold these columns. Its not csv file. Just for sample data i mentioned. Basically i would require to read this sas dataset file and convert into csv file so that i can read the data along with columns
Your sample SAS dataset file sample.sas7bdat is a CSV file with <space> as the separator character. If that is not the format you want, you must tell us how the file needs to be transformed to produce a CSV file in the format you want. Repeatedly telling us that a CSV file is not a CSV file is not going to help us help you get what you want.
# 2  
Old 05-22-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by Master_Mind
Hi rudic,

For eg my file is sample.sas7bdat which has below columns

Code:
id name country
01 xyz AUS
02 yyy NZ

My sample.csv will have the same data
So, are we supposed to assume that this post was a lie? You didn't say anything about any special characters in sample.sas7bdat when you first told us you wanted to convert sample.sas7bdat to sample.csv.

What did you use to produce the above shown output from sample.sas7bdat?
# 3  
Old 05-22-2018
Hi,

This file is generated using SaS 9.4 script. I just did cat on this file and can able to see many special characters.It may be bacause i am unable to view the content of sas7bdat file like normal flat file
# 4  
Old 05-21-2018
Your problem is becoming less and less evident to me.
What does "i am unable to view the sas7dbat file in unix , because its generated using sas" mean? Is that file available on your *nix host? Or, how would those output data be provided, and to where?
What does "read this sasdataset file" mean? Does it exist or not?


Please take a step back, carefully rephrase your request (considering my post#4 and Don Cragun's post#6), and draw the whole picture.
# 5  
Old 05-21-2018
Hi Rudic/Don,

Let me clarify once again. I have a sas7bdat file which is present in unix box.
sample.sas7bdat.

I need to read the content of this file. if i do cat on this file it wouldnt be in proper readable format. Hence i would require how i can read this file to a read able format where i would require to export as .csv file. So that i can able to view the data
# 6  
Old 05-21-2018
Code:
tr ' ' ',' <sample.sas7bdat >sample.csv

# 7  
Old 05-22-2018
Hi,

Special characters are getting printed when i use the tr command
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