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/* ZCAT dumps the compressed file's data to STDOUT, which is */
/* then read by the following DATA step.                     */

filename thedata pipe 'zcat $HOME/datafile.Z';

data _null_;
  /* adjust LRECL and INPUT as needed */
  infile thedata pad lrecl=80;
  input theline $80.;
  put theline=;
run;

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