On Jan 30, 2009, at 8:52, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> By putting `` or $( ) around the call.
You can also eliminate the grep altogether:
   NUMBEROFPRO=/oracle/10.2.0/db_1/bin/sqlplus / as sysdba <<EOF1 |  
awk '/processes/ {print $2}'
   SELECT resource_name,current_utilization,limit_value FROM V\ 
$RESOURCE_LIMIT WHERE RESOURCE_NAME IN ('processes','sessions');
   quit
   EOF1
Cheers,
Alfred