How can I issue a single command from the command line through sql plus?

Question

Using SQL Plus, you can run a script with the \"@\" operator from the command line, as in:

c:\\>sqlplus username/password@databasename @\         


        

Answer 1

For UNIX (AIX):

export ORACLE_HOME=/oracleClient/app/oracle/product/version
export DBUSER=fooUser
export DBPASSWD=fooPW
export DBNAME=fooSchema 

echo "select * from someTable;" | $ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus $DBUSER/$DBPASSWD@$DBNAME