SQL*Plus Command Summary

Command	Description
@ ("at" sign)	Runs SQL*Plus statements in the specified script. The script can be called from the local file system or from a web server.
@@ (double "at" sign)	Runs a script. This command is similar to the @ ("at" sign) command It is useful for running nested scripts because it looks for the specified script in the same path as the calling script.
/ (slash)	Executes the SQL command or PL/SQL block.
ACCEPT	Reads a line of input and stores it in a given substitution variable.
*APPEND	Adds specified text to the end of the current line in the buffer.
ARCHIVE LOG	Starts or stops the automatic archiving of online redo log files, manually (explicitly) archives specified redo log files, or displays information about redo log files.
ATTRIBUTE	Specifies display characteristics for a given attribute of an Object Type column, and lists the current display characteristics for a single attribute or all attributes.
BREAK	Specifies where and how formatting will change in a report, or lists the current break definition.
BTITLE	Places and formats a specified title at the bottom of each report page, or lists the current BTITLE definition.
*CHANGE	Changes text on the current line in the buffer.
CLEAR	Resets or erases the current clause or setting for the specified option, such as BREAKS or COLUMNS.
COLUMN	Specifies display characteristics for a given column, or lists the current display characteristics for a single column or for all columns.
COMPUTE	Calculates and prints summary lines, using various standard computations, on subsets of selected rows, or lists all COMPUTE definitions.
CONNECT	Connects a given user to Oracle Database.
COPY	Copies results from a query to a table in the same or another database.
DEFINE	Specifies a substitution variable and assigns it a CHAR value, or lists the value and variable type of a single variable or all variables.
*DEL	Deletes one more lines of the buffer.
DESCRIBE	Lists the column definitions for the specified table, view, or synonym or the specifications for the specified function procedure.
DISCONNECT	Commits pending changes to the database and logs the current user off Oracle Database, but does not exit SQL*Plus.
*EDIT	Invokes an operating system text editor on the contents of the specified file or on the contents of the buffer.
EXECUTE	Executes a single PL/SQL statement.
EXIT	Terminates SQL*Plus and returns control to the operating system.
*GET	Loads an operating system file into the buffer.
HELP	Accesses the SQL*Plus command-line help system.
*HOST	Executes an operating system command without leaving SQL*Plus.
*INPUT	Adds one or more new lines after the current line in the buffer.
LIST	Lists one or more lines of the buffer.
PASSWORD	Enables a password to be changed without echoing the password on an input device.
PAUSE	Displays the specified text, then waits for the user to press Return.
PRINT	Displays the current value of a bind variable.
PROMPT	Sends the specified message to the user's screen.
EXIT	Terminates SQL*Plus and returns control to the operating system QUIT is identical to EXIT.
RECOVER	Performs media recovery on one or more tablespaces, one or more datafiles, or the entire database.
REMARK	Begins a comment in a script.
REPFOOTER	Places and formats a specified report footer at the bottom of each report, or lists the current REPFOOTER definition.
REPHEADER	Places and formats a specified report header at the top of each report, or lists the current REPHEADER definition.
RUN	Lists and runs the SQL command or PL/SQL block currently stored in the SQL buffer.
*SAVE	Saves the contents of the buffer in an operating system file (a script).
SET	Sets a system variable to alter the SQL*Plus environment for your current session.
SHOW	Shows the value of a SQLPlus system variable or the current SQLPlus environment.
SHUTDOWN	Shuts down a currently running Oracle Database instance.
*SPOOL	Stores query results in an operating system file and, optionally, sends the file to a printer.
START	Runs the SQL statements in the specified script. The script can be called from a web server in iSQLPlus, or from a local file system or a web server in SQLPlus command-line.
STARTUP	Starts an Oracle Database instance and optionally mounts and opens a database.
*STORE	Saves attributes of the current SQL*Plus environment in an operating system script.
TIMING	Records timing data for an elapsed period of time, lists the current timer's title and timing data, or lists the number of active timers.
TTITLE	Places and formats a specified title at the top of each report page, or lists the current TTITLE definition.
UNDEFINE	Deletes one or more substitution variables that you defined either explicitly (with the DEFINE command) or implicitly (with an argument to the START command).
VARIABLE	Declares a bind variable that can be referenced in PL/SQL.
WHENEVER OSERROR	Exits SQLPlus if an operating system command generates an error. In iSQLPlus, performs the specified action if an operating system command generates an error.
WHENEVER SQLERROR	Exits SQLPlus if a SQL command or PL/SQL block generates an error. In iSQLPlus, performs the specified action if a SQL command or PL/SQL block generates an error.
XQUERY	Runs an XQuery 1.0 statement.

*Indicates commands not available in iSQL*Plus.