Dear SAS-L-ers,

Two persons responding to this thread have mused about the "ll" (el-el) Unix command:

> Are you sure your command ll shouldn't be ls?

> [2] What is 'll' supposed to do? cat the files together?

Though I don't believe that ll is in the "Official Unix Command Dictionary", I have found it to be a very common "alias" for the "ls -l" command at Unix sites where I have worked. It is so common that I was miffed when we migrated to a Unix box here (some time ago) and it wouldn't work by default. I needed to actually do some work for a change and set up an alias, myself.

Best of luck to all in their pursuit of SAS on Unix servers!

I hope that this suggestion proves helpful now, and in the future!

Of course, all of these opinions and insights are my own, and do not reflect those of my organization or my associates. All SAS code and/or methodologies specified in this posting are for illustrative purposes only and no warranty is stated or implied as to their accuracy or applicability. People deciding to use information in this posting do so at their own risk.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Michael A. Raithel "The man who wrote the book on performance" E-mail: MichaelRaithel@westat.com Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the MVS Environment Author: Tuning SAS Applications in the OS/390 and z/OS Environments, Second Edition http://www.sas.com/apps/pubscat/bookdetails.jsp?catid=1&pc=58172

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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The place where optimism flourishes the most is the lunatic asylum. - Havelock Ellis +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++