oracle sqlplus wrapping results

Question

When I run a query like:

SELECT * FROM CAR;

the results appear but each row wraps to several lines.

How can I stop this wrapping so

Answer 1

Had the same problem, even after changing set lines to a big number:

select * from dba_directories;

OWNER                          DIRECTORY_NAME
------------------------------ ------------------------------
DIRECTORY_PATH
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYS                            DPUMP_DIR
C:\xxx

SYS                            CLEAN_PUMP_DIR
D:\yyy

SYS                            TCMCLEAN_DPUMP_DIR
C:\zzz

The way to do it was to use also: set wrap off

OWNER                          DIRECTORY_NAME                 DIRECTORY_PATH
------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------
SYS                            DPUMP_DIR                      C:\xxx
SYS                            CLEAN_PUMP_DIR                 D:\yyy
SYS                            TCMCLEAN_DPUMP_DIR             C:\zzz