Writing a shell script to install cron job
export ORACLE_HOME=/opt/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
export ORACLE_SID=HEER

#!/bin/bash
ORACLE_HOME="/opt/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1"
ORACLE_SID="HEER"
ORACLE_USER="USER1"
ORACLE_PASSWORD="USERPASS"

echo "export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_HOME" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
echo "export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
echo "export ORACLE_SID=$ORACLE_SID" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
echo "rTmpDir=/tmp" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh

echo "sqlplus -s $ORACLE_USER@$ORACLE_SID/$ORACLE_PASSWORD  > $rTmpDir/deleteme.txt 2>&1 <<EOF" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
echo "    select 1 from dual;" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
echo "    execute prvsapupd(1000,14);" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
echo "EOF" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh

chmod 755 $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh

crontab -l > $PWD/sqlcorn.sh
echo "0,15,30,45 * * * * $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh" >> $PWD/sqlcorn.sh
crontab $PWD/sqlcorn.sh

# Clobber previous edition of script!
cronscript=$HOME/scripts/cronSqlprocedure.sh
cat <<EOF > $cronscript
export ORACLE_HOME=/opt/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
export ORACLE_SID=HEER
...and whatever else is needed...
EOF
chmod u+x $cronscript

# Add to crontab
tmp=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/xyz.$$
trap "rm -f $tmp; exit 1" 0 1 2 3 13 15
crontab -l | sed '/cronSqlprocedure.sh/d' > $tmp  # Capture crontab; delete old entry
echo "0,15,30,45 * * * * $cronscript" >> $tmp
crontab < $tmp
rm -f $tmp
trap 0

* * * * * env > /tmp/cron.env

#!/bin/bash
ORACLE_HOME="/opt/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1"
ORACLE_SID="HEER"
ORACLE_USER="USER1"
ORACLE_PASSWORD="USERPASS"

echo "export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_HOME" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
echo "export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
echo "export ORACLE_SID=$ORACLE_SID" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
echo "rTmpDir=/tmp" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh

echo "sqlplus -s $ORACLE_USER@$ORACLE_SID/$ORACLE_PASSWORD  > $rTmpDir/deleteme.txt 2>&1 <<EOF" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
echo "    select 1 from dual;" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
echo "    execute prvsapupd(1000,14);" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
echo "EOF" >> $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh

cronscript=$PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh
{
echo "export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_HOME"
echo "export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH"
echo "export ORACLE_SID=$ORACLE_SID"
echo "rTmpDir=/tmp"

echo "sqlplus -s $ORACLE_USER@$ORACLE_SID/$ORACLE_PASSWORD  > $rTmpDir/deleteme.txt 2>&1 <<EOF"
echo "    select 1 from dual;"
echo "    execute prvsapupd(1000,14);"
echo "EOF"
} > $cronscript

chmod 755 $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh

chmod 755 $cronscript

crontab -l > $PWD/sqlcorn.sh
echo "0,15,30,45 * * * * $PWD/sqlcronprocedure.sh" >> $PWD/sqlcorn.sh
crontab $PWD/sqlcorn.sh

crontab=sqlcron.sh
crontab -l > $crontab
echo "0,15,30,45 * * * * $cronscript" >> $crontab
crontab $crontab
rm -f $crontab

{
crontab -l
echo "0,15,30,45 * * * * $cronscript"
} | (sleep 1; crontab -)