How to get command-line history in SQL*PLUS with rlwrap

sql*plus does not have a command-line history function under Linux and Unix.
rlwrap is a readline wrapper for shell commands which uses input from the controlling terminal.
It adds a persistent input history for each command and supports user-defined completion.

You can install it via yum if you have enabled the EPEL repository.
Or you can download the sources from here
Then open a terminal and go to the catalog you downloaded it to

If you have the EPEL repository enabled
Open a terminal

su - root
yum install rlwrap

Otherwise you do like this. Again in the folder you downloaded the file to.
Open a terminal

su - root
tar -zxvf rlwrap-0.37.tar.gz
./configure
make
make install

Now you can call sqlplus like this:

rlwrap sqlplus user/password@sid

I also recommend creating an alias like this

alias sqlp =”rlwrap sqlplus”

Now you can start the wrapped sqlplus with sqlp and have command history with the ↑ and ↓ keys on your keyboard.