You might want check for aliases - perhaps a new alias was created for imp? Type alias at the command line. Jay Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Howard Latham <howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx> Sender: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 10:02:53 To: Chitale, Hemant K<Hemant-K.Chitale@xxxxxx> Reply-To: howard.latham@xxxxxxxxx Cc: ORACLE-L<oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: imp/ exp two many parameters Big Clue - I hope for Linux experts it runs file on the command line! Any Ideas? On 29 May 2014 02:36, Chitale, Hemant K <Hemant-K.Chitale@xxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > . > -- Howard A. Latham