/*Published: 09/13/2011*/

*filename inout '/directory/mergers.and.acquisitions.dt09132011.txt.gz';                            /*reading in an un-zipped file*/
filename inout pipe 'gunzip -c /directory/mergers.and.acquisitions.dt09132011.txt.gz';   /*reading in a zipped file*/
*filename inout pipe 'gunzip -c /directory/mergers.and.acquisitions.dt09132011.txt.gz';   /*using wildcard to match multiple files */

options nocenter validvarname=upcase;

data hospital;
  infile inout lrecl=11 missover pad;
  input @1  prov_num    $char6.        /*shuffled*/
        @7  group_id    4.
        ;
        
label
  prov_num = 'Provider Number'
  group_id = 'Identifier to all associated provider numbers'
  ;