How to connect to sqlplus through Unix

Question

Hi ,
Any body can help me how to connect sqlplus from the shall script(.ksh)
I am using below command, but nor working
VAR=`$SQLPLUS -s id/password << EOF
SQL Query
EOF`

Answer 1

790264 wrote:
Hi ,
Any body can help me how to connect sqlplus from the shall script(.ksh)
I am using below command, but nor working
VAR=`$SQLPLUS -s id/password << EOF
SQL Query
EOF`
bcm@bcm-laptop:~$ ./show_sql.sh
cat show_sql.sh
sqlplus user1/user1 << EOF
spool now.lis
select sysdate from dual;
exit
EOF
cat now.lis
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Fri Aug 12 18:35:54 2011
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL> SQL>
SYSDATE
2011-08-12 18:35:54
SQL> Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL> select sysdate from dual;
SYSDATE                                                                        
2011-08-12 18:35:54                                                            
SQL> exit
bcm@bcm-laptop:~$