How Do You Spool a File in Unix?
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What is spool command in Unix?

Answer: The SPOOL command causes SQL*Plus to write the results to a file on the operating system. SQL> spool /tmp/myfile.lst. Once spool is set, SQL*Plus will continue to spool the output until the command SPOOL OFF. Note that the file cannot be seen or used until the SPOOL OFF command.

How do you use the spool command?

In order to execute the Spool in Oracle, you’ll need to run it as a script (for example, if you are using Oracle SQL Developer, you may press F5 to run the Spool as a script). Your CSV file will then get created at your specified path.

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