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Dbstart And Dbshut Scripts Return ''Test: Argument Expected'' Error (Doc ID 369923.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 07, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.2 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)

Symptoms

Setup automated database startup/shutdown using dbstart/dbshut scripts but error is returned from call to dbora script.

Whenever /etc/init.d/dbora is invoked, the dbstart and dbshut return the error:
" ../bin/dbshut: test: argument expected "

A similar issue may result in errors such as:   ORACLE_HOME=<path to ORACLE_HOME>: is not an identifier

Cause

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