loading LOTS of ascii files into varchar2(2000)

I need to take 140+ ascii files each containing numerous lines, and having lots of commas, single, and double quotes and load them into a table ONE RECORD per original file where the column is type varchar2(2000).

sqlload doesn't work as each newline creates a new record.

insert into table values ('file contents'); is a serious kludge {though, in a worst case scenario I will write a script to convert my files temporarily to that format ;-\ } and, altering each file so that the first 2 bytes are prefixed by 5-digit length values isn't a good fix.

What secret have I missed <lacking Pro*C to write a sql.c program>?

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Thanks,

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