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Run SQL Query from Linux command as shown below:

Posted by Mir Sayeed Hassan on December 25th, 2017

Run SQL Query from Linux command as shown below:

Method 1:

[oracle@testdb ~]$ echo "select table_name from user_tables;" | sqlplus -s mir/mir123

TABLE_NAME
------------------------------
TEST1
TEST2
[oracle@testdb ~]$ echo "select * from test1;" | sqlplus -s mir/mir123

ENO
----------
1
2
[oracle@testdb1 ~]$ echo "select count(*) from test1;" | sqlplus -s mir/mir123

COUNT(*)
---------
2

Method 2: — Create a .sql file & perform any action ex: insert few records init

Note:  Create your own directory & place the .sql file in it

[oracle@testdbmir]$ cd /tmp
[oracle@testdbtmp]$ mkdir mir
[oracle@testdbmir]$ vi insert.sql
[oracle@testdbmir]$ cat insert.sql     -------- You can perform any action as per your requirement
insert into mir.test1 values(3);
insert into mir.test1 values(4);
commit;
[oracle@testdb mir]$ sqlplus -s mir/mir123 </tmp/mir/insert.sql
1 row created.
1 row created.
Commit complete.

Verify:

[oracle@testdb mir]$ echo "select * from test1;" | sqlplus -s mir/mir123

ENO
----------
1
2
3
4

========Hence tested & verifed in our test db==========