"how to load a text file to oracle table"

hi to all
can anybody help me "how to load a text file to oracle table", this is first time i am doing, plz give me steps.
Regards
MKhaleel

Usage: SQLLOAD keyword=value [,keyword=value,...]
Valid Keywords:
userid -- ORACLE username/password
control -- Control file name
log -- Log file name
bad -- Bad file name
data -- Data file name
discard -- Discard file name
discardmax -- Number of discards to allow (Default all)
skip -- Number of logical records to skip (Default 0)
load -- Number of logical records to load (Default all)
errors -- Number of errors to allow (Default 50)
rows -- Number of rows in conventional path bind array or between direct path data saves (Default: Conventional path 64, Direct path all)
bindsize -- Size of conventional path bind array in bytes (Default 256000)
silent -- Suppress messages during run (header, feedback, errors, discards, partitions)
direct -- use direct path (Default FALSE)
parfile -- parameter file: name of file that contains parameter specifications
parallel -- do parallel load (Default FALSE)
file -- File to allocate extents from
skip_unusable_indexes -- disallow/allow unusable indexes or index partitions (Default FALSE)
skip_index_maintenance -- do not maintain indexes, mark affected indexes as unusable (Default FALSE)
commit_discontinued -- commit loaded rows when load is discontinued (Default FALSE)
readsize -- Size of Read buffer (Default 1048576)
external_table -- use external table for load; NOT_USED, GENERATE_ONLY, EXECUTE
(Default NOT_USED)
columnarrayrows -- Number of rows for direct path column array (Default 5000)
streamsize -- Size of direct path stream buffer in bytes (Default 256000)
multithreading -- use multithreading in direct path
resumable -- enable or disable resumable for current session (Default FALSE)
resumable_name -- text string to help identify resumable statement
resumable_timeout -- wait time (in seconds) for RESUMABLE (Default 7200)
PLEASE NOTE: Command-line parameters may be specified either by position or by keywords. An example of the former case is 'sqlldr scott/tiger foo'; an example of the latter is 'sqlldr control=foo userid=scott/tiger'. One may specify parameters by position before but not after parameters specified by keywords. For example, 'sqlldr scott/tiger control=foo logfile=log' is allowed, but 'sqlldr scott/tiger control=foo log' is not, even though the position of the parameter 'log' is correct.
SQLLDR USERID=GROWSTAR/[email protected] CONTROL=D:\PFS2004.CTL LOG=D:\PFS2004.LOG BAD=D:\PFS2004.BAD DATA=D:\PFS2004.CSV
SQLLDR USERID=GROWSTAR/[email protected] CONTROL=D:\CLAB2004.CTL LOG=D:\CLAB2004.LOG BAD=D:\CLAB2004.BAD DATA=D:\CLAB2004.CSV
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22288. 00000 - "file or LOB operation %s failed\n%s"
*Cause:    The operation attempted on the file or LOB failed.
*Action:   See the next error message in the error stack for more detailed
           information. Also, verify that the file or LOB exists and that
           the necessary privileges are set for the specified operation. If
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