SQL*Plus Command Summary

Command	Description
@ ("at" sign)	Runs the specified command file.
@@ (double "at" sign)	Runs the specified command file which is expected to be in the same directory as the script that called it.
/ (slash)	Executes the SQL command or PL/SQL block.
ACCEPT	Reads a line of input and stores it in a given user 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.
COPY	Copies results from a query to a table in a local or remote database.
DEFINE	Specifies a user variable and assigns it a CHAR value, or lists the value and variable type of a single variable or all variables.
DEL	Deletes one or more lines of the buffer.
DESCRIBE	Lists the column definitions for the specified table, view, or synonym or the specifications for the specified function or procedure.
DISCONNECT	Commits pending changes to the database and logs the current user off Oracle, but does not exit SQL*Plus.
EDIT	Invokes a host 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 a host operating system file into the SQL buffer.
HELP	Accesses the SQL*Plus help system.
HOST	Executes a host 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 SQL buffer.
PASSWORD	Allows 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 command file.
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 executes the SQL command or PL/SQL block currently stored in the SQL buffer.
SAVE	Saves the contents of the SQL buffer in a host operating system file (a command file).
SET	Sets a system variable to alter the SQL*Plus environment for your current session.
SHOW	Shows the value of a SQL*Plus system variable or the current SQL*Plus environment.
SHUTDOWN	Shuts down a currently running Oracle instance.
SPOOL	Stores query results in an operating system file and, optionally, sends the file to a printer.
START	Executes the contents of the specified command file.
STARTUP	Starts an Oracle instance and optionally mounts and opens a database.
STORE	Saves attributes of the current SQL*Plus environment in a host operating system file (a command file).
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 user 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 SQL*Plus if an operating system command generates an error.
WHENEVER SQLERROR	Exits SQL*Plus if a SQL command or PL/SQL block generates an error.