Or you could use SQL*Plus to get what you want in the first place. (use substr and a few where clauses) SYS@dbm1> l 1 select substr(PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT,1,73) PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT from table(dbms_xplan.display_cursor('&sql_id','&child_no','typical')) 2 where PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT like '|%' or PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT like '-------------------------------------------------------%' 3* or PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT like 'SQL_ID%' or PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT like 'Plan hash value%' SYS@dbm1> / Enter value for sql_id: 1n60q90jkatjj Enter value for child_no: PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SQL_ID 1n60q90jkatjj, child number 0 Plan hash value: 2886813138 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Id | Operation | Name | Rows | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | | | 1 | SORT ORDER BY | | 1 | | 2 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | | 3 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | | 4 | NESTED LOOPS | | 1 | | 5 | FIXED TABLE FULL | X$KSLWT | 56 | |* 6 | FIXED TABLE FIXED INDEX| X$KSUSE (ind:1) | 1 | |* 7 | FIXED TABLE FIXED INDEX | X$KSLED (ind:2) | 1 | |* 8 | FIXED TABLE FIXED INDEX | X$KGLCURSOR_CHILD (ind:2) | 1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 rows selected. Kerry Osborne Enkitec blog: kerryosborne.oracle-guy.com twitter: https://twitter.com/KerryOracleGuy On Mar 17, 2013, at 6:23 AM, Tanel Poder wrote: > Use vim and hit *CTRL+V*. Enjoy :-) > > > -- > *Tanel Poder* > Enkitec (The Exadata Experts) > Training <http://blog.tanelpoder.com/seminar/> | > Troubleshooting<http://blog.tanelpoder.com/> > | Exadata<http://www.amazon.com/Expert-Oracle-Exadata-Apress/dp/1430233923> > | Voicee App <http://voic.ee/> > > > > On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Nuno Souto <dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> cut would be my first choice too. >> >> cut -c1-40 {fname} > {newfnam} >> will cut the first 40 columns of all lines of fname and drop the result >> in newfname (omit the {}). >> >> > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l