And then write a script to change parameters in the first script you wrote. There is nothing that cannot be resolved by adding another level of indirection. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pande, Rajendra Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 2:46 PM To: toth.istvan@xxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Changing Listener Password Write a script to take details from a parameter file and change password as you want. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l