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EDITCMD

Specifies the host editor to be used with the HOSTEDIT command

Default: none
Valid in: SAS invocation, SASV7_OPTIONS environment variable, configuration file, OPTIONS statement
UNIX specifics: all

Syntax
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Syntax

-EDITCMD "host-editor-pathname editor-options"
EDITCMD="host-editor-pathname editor-options"

Details

The host editor that you specify is used when you issue the HOSTEDIT command. The HOSTEDIT command is valid only when you are running SAS in a windowing environment.

You must specify the full pathname of the editor. Quotes are needed only when you specify editor options. If you are using a terminal-based editor, you must specify a command that runs the editor inside a terminal emulator window. For example, to use vi, you would specify 


sas -editcmd "/usr/bin/X11/xterm -e /usr/bin/vi"
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