Can we run a unix script from sql plus

Hello,
Is there any possibility to run unix command from sql plus? I would appreciate if you can provide with the syntax.
Thank You
KK

user539616 wrote:
Hello,
Is there any possibility to run unix command from sql plus? I would appreciate if you can provide with the syntax.
Thank You
KKWithin sqlplus you can run
1) SQL statements
2) PL/SQL blocks
3) any valid sqlplus command.
SQLplus commands are documented in the SQLPlus reference manual. For 10g this is found at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14357/toc.htm. You might be interested in the HOST command, detailed at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14357/ch12026.htm#sthref2314
Just beware that the HOST command (or the shortcut version of it alluded to by Warren Tolentino) spawns a child process. When control comes back to sqlplus, that child process is gone.
What is the business problem you are trying to solve? If we knew that we could probably give better advice than blindly giving you the correct technical answer to a narrow question.

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