title: how to connect to an oracle database from unix
body: <p>I am trying to connect to an oracle database from my unix machine. I am new to script writing in general. I know how to browse round unix and have written basic scripts ( read / display ) and execute them with bash command. Also I know how to view the variables in unix ( user and system). Could you tell me what i need to do to connect to an oracle database? do I use the sqlplus command? are there any variables I have to set before that?</p>