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What environment are you running sqlplus from?<br />
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For Unix/Linux there is rlwrap (which I didn't test yet) that maybe of use: <a href="http://freecode.com/projects/rlwrap" rel="ugc">http://freecode.com/projects/rlwrap</a>
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What environment are you running sqlplus from?

For Unix/Linux there is rlwrap (which I didn't test yet) that maybe of use: http://freecode.com/projects/rlwrap [http://freecode.com/projects/rlwrap]

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In Windows sqlplus (command prompt version) will allow arrow keys.<br />
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In 10g and before there is a sqlplusw GUI that will not.
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In Windows sqlplus (command prompt version) will allow arrow keys.

In 10g and before there is a sqlplusw GUI that will not.

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I'm running sqlplus under Linux (Cent OS 5 or 6, I have two). &nbsp;I'm not sure if rlwrap is something I'm looking for.
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I'm running sqlplus under Linux (Cent OS 5 or 6, I have two).  I'm not sure if rlwrap is something I'm looking for.

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I just want to use left and right keys to move my cursor and the up and down keys to show my flip among my previous commands. &nbsp;Thanks.
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I just want to use left and right keys to move my cursor and the up and down keys to show my flip among my previous commands.  Thanks.

Is there a way I can use the arrow keys as normal in Oracle SQLPlus?

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