Formatting error while creating report using Shell Script - sql

Question

HI all I am fairly new to Shell Scripting .. I was testing a sample report in which I was trying to spool the output of sql query embedded in shell script. here is my code
#!/bin/sh
ORACLE_ACCESS=hr/hr#xe
# Report file location
FILE_LOCATION=/home/$USER/Documents/loaddata/
#File Name
FILE_NAME=Report_`date +%y%m%d`.csv
sqlplus -s $ORACLE_ACCESS <<EOF 2>log.txt
set serveroutout on
set echo off
set first_name format A120
spool ${FILE_LOCATION}${FILE_NAME}
select first_name,last_name
from employees;
exit;
EOF
sql_error=$?
if [$sql_error !=0]; then
echo "Error"
exit 1
fi
However I am getting a pretty badly formatted output.
below is the sample
FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME
Ellen Abel
Sundar Ande
Mozhe Atkinson
David Austin
Hermann Baer
Shelli Baida
Amit Banda
Elizabeth Bates
Sarah Bell
David Bernstein
Laura Bissot
FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME
Harrison Bloom
Alexis Bull
Anthony Cabrio
Gerald Cambrault
Nanette Cambrault
John Chen
Kelly Chung
Karen Colmenares
My intended output should look something like below
First_name Last_name
Atlas Levine
John Doe
can somebody help?

Answer 1

Is your intended output like
First_name Last_name
Atlas Levine
John Doe
If so you can use something like set pagesize 10000 or something large so that the header doesnt get repeated. If you want to skip the header you can just set it to 0 You can refer the answers and links in Formatting output of queries in SQLPlus along with many other similar questions