D'Oh! I saw Mark's original message say '^L', and my brain read that as '^M'! The '^L' comes from the value of NEWPAGE. "Set NEWPAGE 0" is what adds the '^L'; "set newpage n" makes SQL*Plus throw 'n' linefeeds between pages.
Sorry 'bout any confusion! Mike -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 8:54 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Mark - A control-L is an ASCII form feed, if that helps. You could use the Unix command "tr" to remove them. Dennis Williams DBA, 40%OCP Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:04 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I'm creating a spool file of SQL commands based on several "select...from" statements. When I "vi" my output file, I see a "^L" character as the first character after each of my select statements. I remember a solution being presented a few years ago that allowed you to eliminate the "^L" on this list but I've managed to loose it. I seem to remember that you must use silent mode (-s) and the proper setting of several of the SQLPlus environment variables. Any help would be appreciated Mark Willett Sunnen Products Company -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Vergara, Michael (TEM) INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
