Stat/Transfer 8 for Unix

Stat/Transfer Version 8 for Unix is available on the following platforms:

Stat/Transfer for Unix is command-driven and supports all of the file formats available in the Windows version except those, such as Access, that require proprietary Microsoft components, as well as Paradox, Minitab, and Statistica formats.

This text-mode program will accept your commands in simple copy-like syntax. For instance:

will convert the SAS file, in.sd2 , to an SPSS file, out.sav.

You can type such commands directly at the prompt, or you can store them in a text file and execute them later.  Such deferred execution can be done either from the command processor’s prompt:

or from the operating system command line:

Further, for quick transfers, you can enter just the name of the program and the name of the files from the operating system prompt. For instance:

will transfer a SAS file directly to an SPSS file, right from the operating system command line.

The command processor includes the ability to move a whole group of files using wildcards.  For instance, the command:

will convert an entire directory of SAS files to Stata format and write the converted files to another directory.

The command processor will execute other programs and  operating system commands if you precede their name with the word `shell’ or with an exclamation point ‘!’.  You can therefore call programs such as Pkzip from your Stat/Transfer command files.  For instance, the following sequence of commands will extract a Stata file from a zip file, convert it to Access file and then delete the extracted file:

The command processor provides the ability to execute a ‘where’ command for record selection, a ’keep’ or ‘drop’ command for selecting variables and number of options to control reading of variable, output types and program operation.

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