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About

The help command of SQL Plus

Prerequisites

To access the help you need a database connection.

because SQL Plus will fired the following SQL in order to retrieve the documentation.

SELECT
  INFO
FROM
  SYSTEM.HELP
WHERE
  UPPER( TOPIC ) LIKE :1
ORDER BY
  TOPIC,
  SEQ;

How to

See the index

help index

See the help of a command

help command

Install the help

To install the help on a instance:

@ORACLE_HOME\sqlplus\admin\help\hlpbld.sql helpus.sql;