Hello, I have a Bourne Shell script that first calls sqlldr then logs into SQL Plus to run a PL/SQL script. However, when I run this script, I need to type in 'exit' or <ctrl-d> to get back to the cursor. I would like to be able to run the script and have the cursor return automatically. Here is my script: #!/bin/sh sqlldr <usrname>/<pw> control = control.ctl sqlplus -s <username>/<pw> @script3.txt exit EOF Any help is appreciated. Thanks. Dennis

You need to put an exit command at the end of script3.txt. If that is not a good option, then you can code your script like this: #!/bin/sh sqlldr <usrname>/<pw> control = control.ctl sqlplus -s username/password << endplus @script3.txt exit endplus exit