Export data from Oracle to CSV via command line on Linux

Want to export Oracle data to CSV file via command line on Linux (Ubuntu/RedHat/CentOS…)?

Using ora-cmd, you can unload Oracle data to CSV/TSV/TXT easily and fast, no need to program.

Here you can download ora-cmd Linux version.

No need to install Oracle client library.

Convenient to deploy to cloud. No need to run installation file, just uncompress and run, immediately.

Export Oracle data to CSV/TSV/TXT via command line on Linux

1. Unload Table.

1) In interactive mode:

ora-cmd> unload
      > table=media_messages 
      > datafile=/data/media_messages.csv 
      > delimiter=, 
      > quote=" 
      > header=y;

2) In batch mode:

ora-cmd dsn="pan:withdata@192.168.0.102/test" task=unload table=media_messages datafile=/data/media_messages.csv delimiter=, quote=" header=y quit=y

2. Unload Query.

1) In interactive mode:

ora-cmd> unload
      > query="select * from media_messages where id > 100"
      > datafile=/data/media_messages.csv 
      > delimiter=, 
      > quote=" 
      > header=y;

2) In batch mode:

ora-cmd dsn="pan:withdata@192.168.0.102/test" task=unload query="select * from media_messages where id > 100" datafile=/data/media_messages.csv delimiter=, quote=" header=y quit=y

3. Unload All Tables.

1) In interactive mode:

ora-cmd> unload
      > table=all 
      > folder=/data/tables_data
      > delimiter=, 
      > quote=" 
      > header=y;

2) In batch mode:

ora-cmd dsn="pan:withdata@192.168.0.102/test" task=unload table=all folder=/data/tables_data delimiter=, quote=" header=y quit=y

See parameters detail.

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