Oracle SqlPlus - saving output in a file but don't show on screen

Question

Using SqlPlus for Oracle, how do I save the output of a query in a file but not show it on the terminal/prompt.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6813210/oracle-sqlplus-saving-output-in-a-file-but-dont-show-on-screen

Answer 1

Right from the SQL*Plus manual
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14357/ch8.htm#sthref1597

SET TERMOUT

SET TERMOUT OFF suppresses the display so that you can spool output from a script without seeing it on the screen.

If both spooling to file and writing to terminal are not required, use SET TERMOUT OFF in >SQL scripts to disable terminal output.

SET TERMOUT is not supported in iSQL*Plus