Start or stop the Oracle Listener from the command line in UNIX or Windows

Summary

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Instructions provided describe the command line syntax for starting or stopping the Oracle Listener from the command line.

Procedure

To start the Oracle service using command line utilities, either set the Oracle home directory within the %ORACLE_HOME% environment variable or navigate to the Oracle home directory.

To start the Oracle Listener, type the following at the command line:

lsnrctl start

To stop the Oracle Listener, type the following at the command line:

lsnrctl stop