I am trying to make a script to stop the OMS and restart it after running sqlplus. Right now testing with select from DUAL. # set Oracle_home ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/OracleHomes/db10g export ORACLE_HOME # stop OMS cd /home/oracle/OracleHomes/oms10g/opmn/bin ./opmnctl stopall /home/oracle/OracleHomes/db10g/bin/sqlplus /nolog <<EOF connect sysman/rtasys1@gridctrl select * from dual; exit <<EOF # start OMS cd /home/oracle/OracleHomes/oms10g/opmn/bin ./opmnctl startall The script is stopping after doing sqlplus, what am I missing? Jeffrey Beckstrom Database Administrator Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority 1240 W. 6th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113