> I need to be able to see commands executed on the sceen - they are not > echoed now: Shell or sqlplus commands? For shell use #!/bin/ksh -v (to print shell input lines as they are read or -x if you need to print the commands and their arguments, or -xv for both) For sqlplus: From SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference: SET ECHO {ON | OFF} Controls whether or not to echo commands in a script that is executed with @, @@ or START. ON displays the commands on screen. OFF suppresses the display. ECHO does not affect the display of commands you enter interactively or redirect to SQL*Plus from the operating system. So you could: 1. Write a sql sqlript and then run it in the shell script as @script. 2. Prompt the commands: #!/bin/ksh sqlplus system/password<< EOF set echo on set termout on set feedback on prompt Create user test1 identified by test prompt default tablespace rcvcat_tbs prompt duota 0 on system; Create user test1 identified by test default tablespace users quota 0 on system; exit; EOF Dimitre