Perl and SQL+ and svgmgrl

Greetings members,  

Can I use commands like the one below in perl or I needs to use the DBI for any database use? I would like to migrate some shell scripts into perl, but I do not see if it would be convenient or feasible...  

sqlplus / -s <EOF
comands in here
EOF   Samples would be great!  

Thanks.
Abraham J. Guerra
Oracle DBA
American Family Insurance
(608) 242-4100 x32026

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