Edit .profile to connect to Oracle- Linux 2.6.9-89

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi,

I want to connect to sqlplus through unix. I got the command to do it. But I was getting error:
./executeSQL.ksh[20]: sqlplus: not found

Then when I googled I found that we have to include Oracle Client path in .profile file. I don't know how to do it. Also I don't have permissions to edit /etc/profile file. And there are plenty of profile files available with the below names.

profile
zprofile
profile.d
profile.rpmnew
profile.20090213

And on none I have permissions. I also have tnsnames.ora under the same path (/etc) but that too is read-only.

Can you give me the steps to be done which I can send to LINUX ADMIN team of my project?

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first checkyour path

echo $PATH

If the clinet path is not there in PATH ,
Then add oracle client path in the .profile file in your home directory.

PATH=$PATH:/xx/yyy/oracle/bin

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The Oracle client resides in C:\Oracle\Oracle10\BIN. Can I give this path in my .profile file :confused: