Well, what do you know? Third times the charm! SQL> !ls a$a.sql SQL> !cat * select sysdate from dual; SQL> !cat a$a.sql cat: cannot open a.sql SQL> @a$a.sql SP2-0310: unable to open file "a$a.sql" SQL> @a\$a.sql SP2-0310: unable to open file "a\$a.sql" SQL> @a\\$a.sql SP2-0310: unable to open file "a\\$a.sql" SQL> @a\\\$a.sql SYSDATE --------- 06-MAY-10 On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM, S. Anthony Sequeira <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On 06/05/10 21:35, John Piwowar wrote: > >> Whoops, incomplete copy and paste! I'm AFK now, but when I tried to >> run the script from within SQL*Plus, I got the same "unable to open >> file" message. >> >> Regards, >> >> John P. >> >> > I'd be interested to see a cut and paste of such a session, when you are > able to please. > > Or even a spool file. > > Cheers > > -- > Tony > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >