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Disable vi Autoindent Before Pasting SQL Scripts on Oracle Hosts
May 23, 2026 / · 7 min read · Oracle DBA Unix Commands vi SQL*Plus Editor Oracle Administration Shell SQL Scripts ·Disable vi Autoindent Before Pasting SQL Scripts on Oracle Hosts Purpose Pasting a SQL script copied from email, a Confluence page, or a ticket comment into a vi buffer over SSH — and watching every line shift one indent right of the previous one — is the most common and most frustrating vi failure mode an Oracle DBA …
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