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>From the unix command line you can run:
sqlplus -s scott/tiger << EOF
select * from emp;
EOF
Viraj Luthra wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Why cannot I do :-
> 
> sqlplus -s scott/tiger select * from emp;
> 
> or sqlplus -s scott/tiger "select * from emp;"
> 
> Both the cases I get :-
> 
> Usage: SQLPLUS [<option>] [<user>[/<password>] [@<host>]]
>                [@<startfile> [<parm1>] [<parm2>] ...]
> where <option> ::= { -s | -? }
> -s for silent mode and -? to obtain version number
> 
> What is wrong above? I need to run the query from command line. How do I modify this 
>:-
> 
> sqlplus -s scott/tiger select * from emp;
> 
> Rgds,
> 
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