Is it running in a different Linux shell ? And/Or on a different server ? How the shell on the server interprets the command line may be different. Hemant K Chitale From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howard Latham Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 12:00 AM To: ORACLE-L Subject: imp/ exp two many parameters I have a linux shell script that used to run fine I had imp \'userid=sys/easyeasy as sysdba\' it used to work but now I get a too many parameters error. any ideas? rhat linux 4 Oracle 11.2 -- Howard A. Latham This email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete all copies and notify the sender immediately. You may wish to refer to the incorporation details of Standard Chartered PLC, Standard Chartered Bank and their subsidiaries at https://www.sc.com/en/incorporation-details.html.