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Old 04-13-2011
sqlplus returns leading carriage return into a variable
I am trying to generate some scripts to help manage an Oracle database. When I check the value returned from Oracle it has a leading carriage return in the variable. Is there a way to prevent this? Is there a way to easily strip out the carriage return. See code and output below.
Code:
LASTFILE=$(sqlplus -s "/ as sysdba" <<EOF
       set head off
        select file_name from dba_data_files
        where tablespace_name = upper('$TABLESPACE') and
        file_id in (select max(file_id) from dba_data_files 
        where tablespace_name = upper('$TABLESPACE'));
        exit
EOF)

echo "Last data file = $LASTFILE"

Output looks like this:
Code:
Last data file = 
/u01/oradata/database/file_name

The file name gets wrapped after the =

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Last edited by Scott; 04-13-2011 at 07:22 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 04-13-2011
try
Code:
...
set head off
set linesize 150
...

# 3  
Old 04-13-2011
I found this and it works.
Code:
LASTFILE=`echo $LASTFILE`

echo "Last file = $LASTFILE"

Output looks like this:
Code:
Last file = /u01/oradata/database/file_name

If anyone has a better way please let me know but this works.
Last edited by Franklin52; 04-14-2011 at 03:17 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you
# 4  
Old 04-13-2011
give a try separating EOF and put the ending parenthesis on a new line
you could also give a try using back quote instead of the $( ) notation
# 5  
Old 04-13-2011
It had the same issue with the back quotes (ticks). That is why I was trying the ().

Putting the back quote on the line after the EOF does not work either.

Using the echo command works and I guess I'll stay with that for now.

Thanks!!!!!
# 6  
Old 04-13-2011
set newpage 0
set pagesize 0

?

---------- Post updated at 12:34 AM ---------- Previous update was at 12:18 AM ----------

you may also try to add the hyphen
<<-EOF
instead of
<<EOF
# 7  
Old 04-13-2011
That works!! Much cleaner and less code.

Thank you!!!
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