My Oracle @desc.sql

Here's procedure source...

xx9999@oi>@list.sql desc.sql
desc.sql
set echo off
set linesize 80
set newpage none
spool &1..1.txt
describe &1
spool off
set echo on
!sort &1..1.txt -o &1..2.txt
!grep -v " -" &1..2.txt>&1..3.txt
!grep -v "l?" &1..3.txt>&1..4.txt
!cp &..1.4.txt &1..txt
!rm &..1.1.txt
!rm &..1.2.txt
!rm &..1.3.txt
!rm &..1.4.txt
!vim +2 &..1.txt 

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Here's example use...

 @desc all_tables 
 AVG_ROW_LEN                              NUMBER
 AVG_SPACE                                NUMBER
 AVG_SPACE_FREELIST_BLOCKS                NUMBER
 BACKED_UP                                VARCHAR2(1)
 BLOCKS                                   NUMBER
 BUFFER_POOL                              VARCHAR2(7)
 CACHE                                    VARCHAR2(5)
 CHAIN_CNT                                NUMBER
 CLUSTER_NAME                             VARCHAR2(30)
 DEGREE                                   VARCHAR2(10)
 EMPTY_BLOCKS                             NUMBER
 FREELISTS                                NUMBER
 FREELIST_GROUPS                          NUMBER
 INITIAL_EXTENT                           NUMBER
 INI_TRANS                                NUMBER
 INSTANCES                                VARCHAR2(10)
 IOT_NAME                                 VARCHAR2(30)
 IOT_TYPE                                 VARCHAR2(12)
 LAST_ANALYZED                            DATE
 LOGGING                                  VARCHAR2(3)
 MAX_EXTENTS                              NUMBER
 MAX_TRANS                                NUMBER
 MIN_EXTENTS                              NUMBER
 NESTED                                   VARCHAR2(3)
 NEXT_EXTENT                              NUMBER
 NUM_FREELIST_BLOCKS                      NUMBER
 NUM_ROWS                                 NUMBER
 OWNER                           NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
 PARTITIONED                              VARCHAR2(3)
 PCT_FREE                                 NUMBER
 PCT_INCREASE                             NUMBER
 PCT_USED                                 NUMBER
 SAMPLE_SIZE                              NUMBER
 TABLESPACE_NAME                          VARCHAR2(30)
 TABLE_LOCK                               VARCHAR2(8)
 TABLE_NAME                      NOT NULL VARCHAR2(30)
 TEMPORARY                                VARCHAR2(1)
"all_tables.txt" 38L, 1900C     

Support procedures ~ menu

I created a support menu for myself for frequent access items.  Using Korn shell with no extentions -- but, 
with the first line ='#!/usr/gbin/ksh' (to inform OS I'm using ksh). 

::/mnt/replicated/apps/datamodules/_SUP> cat menu
#!/usr/bin/ksh
# -            -----------------
# description: menu             ~ displays list of commands
# -
. ../_CMD/db_setup_DSS.ksh   2>&1 >/dev/null
. ../_CMD/set_mmdd_DSS.ksh 0 2>&1 >/dev/null
grep -h "description" *|grep "#"|grep -v "grep"
::/mnt/replicated/apps/datamodules/_SUP> menu
# description: consolidated     ~ starts mysql with the consolidated database
# description: dailysettlements ~ starts mysql with the dailysettlements database
# description: dss              ~ starts sqlplus with the dss oracle instance
# description: edb              ~ start sqlplus with the edb oracle instance
# description: menu             ~ displays list of commands
::/mnt/replicated/apps/datamodules/_SUP>