Not able to connect to Oracle DB from Shell Script - shell

Question

I am having challenge connecting to Oracle DB (Load Balanced environment - Multiple host) from Shell Script.
I tried the following in linux box directly and it's working.
/apps/oracle/product/11.2.0/client_1/bin/sqlplus
/#'(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(FAILOVER = YES)
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=hostname1)(PORT = 6235)) (ADDRESS =
(PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = hostname2)(PORT = 1521))) (CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = lruata1)))'
When I tried the same from shell script (reading the db connect url from environment script) its not working.
Getting output as sqlplus parameters
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Use SQLPlus to execute SQL, PL/SQL and SQLPlus statements.
Usage 1: sqlplus -H | -V
-H Displays the SQL*Plus version and the
usage help.
-V Displays the SQL*Plus version.
content from config.sh
oracle.base=/apps/oracle/product/11.2.0/client_1
db.connect.url='(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS_LIST=(FAILOVER = YES) (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=hostname1)(PORT = 6235)) (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = hostname2)(PORT = 1521))) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SERVICE_NAME = lruata1)))'
log.path=/apps/lriservers/bpmdbo_scripts/logs
Reading the key & Value in the main script
function getPropertyFromFile()
{
propertyName=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/\./\\\./g'`
fileName=$2;
cat $fileName | sed -n -e "s/^[ ]*//g;/^#/d;s/^$propertyName=//p" | tail -1
}
export ORACLE_BASE=`getPropertyFromFile oracle.base $CONFIG_FILE`
export CONNECT_IDENTIFIER=`getPropertyFromFile db.connect.url $CONFIG_FILE`
export LOG_PATH=`getPropertyFromFile log.path $CONFIG_FILE`
export ORACLE_HOME=${ORACLE_BASE}
echo "Oracle Base : "$ORACLE_BASE
echo "Connect Identifier : "$CONNECT_IDENTIFIER
echo "Log Path : "$LOG_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${ORACLE_HOME}/lib
export SQP=${ORACLE_HOME}/bin/sqlplus
LOG_FILE=$LOG_PATH/$ENV_NAME'_'$DEPLOYMENT_VERSION.log
cd $SCRIPT_HOME
CONNECT_STRING=${DB_USERNAME}/$DB_PASSWORD#${CONNECT_IDENTIFIER}
${SQP} -S ${CONNECT_STRING} << EOF
WHENEVER SQLERROR EXIT SQL.SQLCODE;
SET ECHO ON;
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON;
spool $LOG_FILE
#$SCRIPT_NAME
spool off;
EXIT
EOF
Regards
Balaji Subramaniam