/** @file @brief Performs a text substitution on a file @details Reads a file in byte by byte, performing text substiution where a match is found. This macro can be used on files where lines are longer than 32767. If you are running a version of SAS that will allow the io package in LUA, you can also use this macro: mp_gsubfile.sas Usage: %let file=%sysfunc(pathname(work))/file.txt; %let str=replace/me; %let rep=with/this; data _null_; file "&file"; put 'blahblah'; put "blahblah&str.blah"; put 'blahblahblah'; run; %mp_replace(file=&file, patternvar=str, replacevar=rep) data _null_; infile "&file"; input; list; run; @param file= (0) The file to perform the substitution on @param patternvar= Macro variable NAME containing the string to search for @param replacevar= Macro variable NAME containing the replacement string @param outfile= (mp_rplce) The output fileref to contain the adjusted file.