sqlplus spooling: How to get rid of first, empty line?

Question

I'm doing the following spooling statement:

SET VERIFY OFF
SET FEEDBACK OFF
SET HEADING OFF
SET TRIMSPOOL ON
SET TERM OFF
SPOOL &pathRelations
START scripts/relations.sql &parent
SPOOL OFF
SET TERM ON

The scripts/relations.sql file contains a simple select statement.

Unfortunately, the spooled file contains an empty line as the first one in the file. This line causes trouble in our framework.

Of course I could get rid of these line through sed but ain't there a way to suppress its creation in the first place?

Answer 1

SET NEWPAGE NONE is the correct answer.

SET NEWPAGE 0 will cause a page feed, which is not what the OP wants.

Answer 2

FYI set newpage does nothing if using set markup csv on. Set markup csv on creates an LFCR at the beginning of the file which excel uses and adds a blank row.