If reading an external file to produce an external file,
what is the shortcut to write that record without coding
every single variable on the record?

Answer Posted / prakash hullathi

DATA step copies records from the input file to the output
file without creating any SAS variables:

data _null_;
/*To read the external taw data file*/
infile 'file-specification-1';
input var1 var2 $ var3;
/*To write the external raw data file*/
file 'file-specification-2';
put var1 var2 var3;
run;

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