How to Strip Extraneous Output from SQL*Plus Session

Question

We are running Oracle Database 11g on Solaris 10, and I am trying to use SQL*Plus to create a temporary .sql file that I can execute in a later step of a Korn shell script. Here is the code:
     $ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus / as sysdba <<EOF
--whenever oserror exit failure;
--whenever sqlerror exit sql.sqlcode;
set serveroutput on
set termout off
set trimspool on
set verify off
set heading off
set feedback off
set echo off
spool /usr/oracle/temp/apply_site_security_for_oracle_database_11g.ksh.tmp
declare
     Value_DSC varchar2(2000);
     CommandLine_DSC varchar2(4000);
begin
     select v\$parameter.value into Value_DSC from v\$parameter where lower(name)='diagnostic_dest';
     CommandLine_DSC := 'host chmod 751 ' || Value_DSC;
     dbms_output.put_line('--Ready to execute: ' || CommandLine_DSC);
     dbms_output.put_line(CommandLine_DSC);
     CommandLine_DSC := 'host ls -ld ' || Value_DSC;
     dbms_output.put_line('--Ready to execute: ' || CommandLine_DSC);
     dbms_output.put_line(CommandLine_DSC);
end;
spool off;
exit;
EOF
I've tried to turn off everything I don't need, but I am missing something. When I run the script, I get the following in the temporary file:
SQL>
SQL> declare
2 Value_DSC varchar2(2000);
3 CommandLine_DSC varchar2(4000);
4
5 begin
6 select v$parameter.value into Value_DSC from v$parameter where lower(name)='diagnostic_dest';
7
8 CommandLine_DSC := 'host chmod 751 ' || Value_DSC;
9 dbms_output.put_line('--Ready to execute: ' || CommandLine_DSC);
10 dbms_output.put_line(CommandLine_DSC);
11
12 CommandLine_DSC := 'host ls -ld ' || Value_DSC;
13 dbms_output.put_line('--Ready to execute: ' || CommandLine_DSC);
14 dbms_output.put_line(CommandLine_DSC);
15 end;
16 /
--Ready to execute: host chmod 751 /s01/app/oracle
host chmod 751 /s01/app/oracle
--Ready to execute: host ls -ld /s01/app/oracle
host ls -ld /s01/app/oracle
SQL>
SQL> spool off;
I am hoping to whittle this down to just the following lines so I can execute them as a script.
--Ready to execute: host chmod 751 /s01/app/oracle
host chmod 751 /s01/app/oracle
--Ready to execute: host ls -ld /s01/app/oracle
host ls -ld /s01/app/oracle
Any ideas?
Edited by: shew01 on Jan 19, 2010 10:51 AM

Answer 1

I just found it. Just add "-S" to the sqlplus command. Argh... I hunted for that a while back. Why didn't I remember it??????????
This works:
     $ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus -S / as sysdba <<EOF
whenever oserror exit failure;
whenever sqlerror exit sql.sqlcode;
set serveroutput on
set linesize 2000
set pagesize 0
set termout off
set trimspool on
set feedback off
spool /usr/oracle/temp/apply_site_security_for_oracle_database_11g.ksh.tmp
declare
     Value_DSC varchar2(2000);
     CommandLine_DSC varchar2(4000);
begin
     select v\$parameter.value into Value_DSC from v\$parameter where lower(name)='diagnostic_dest';
     CommandLine_DSC := 'host chmod 751 ' || Value_DSC;
     dbms_output.put_line('--Ready to execute: ' || CommandLine_DSC);
     dbms_output.put_line(CommandLine_DSC);
     CommandLine_DSC := 'host ls -ld ' || Value_DSC;
     dbms_output.put_line('--Ready to execute: ' || CommandLine_DSC);
     dbms_output.put_line(CommandLine_DSC);
end;
spool off;
exit;
EOF
Edited by: shew01 on Jan 19, 2010 11:02 AM