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Upsert data from CSV to Oracle table via command line on Linux

Shiji Pan

Want to upsert data from CSV file to existing Oracle table via command line on Linux (Ubuntu/RedHat/CentOS…)?

Using ora-cmd, a Command-Line client for Oracle, you can upsert(merge) CSV/TSV/TXT data to Oracle table easily and fast.

Support Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

Download ora-cmd Linux version
ora-cmd.linux-386.zip
ora-cmd.linux-amd64.zip
ora-cmd.linux-arm64.zip

No need to install Oracle client library.

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

Upsert/Merge CSV/TSV/TXT data into Oracle table via command line on Linux

1. In interactive mode:

ora-cmd> load loadtype=upsert
      > updatekey=id
      > 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=load loadtype=upsert updatekey=id table=media_messages datafile=/data/media_messages.csv delimiter=, quote=" header=y quit=y

“loadtype=upsert” will update row in table if “updatekey” id exists, or insert new row.

See parameters detail.

More about ora-cmd – Command-Line client for Oracle