Backup SQL + output to a text file

I have to use SQL + on one of my databases. No way around it. So I'll write my queries, execute them, check the output, tweak them and run again if necessary. So I could start with
SELECT
ename,
job
FROM
emp;
Once I know that it's working properly, I wrap it in a procedure so I can get the data in a text file:
SET TRIM ON
SET PAGESIZE 2000
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE unlimited
EXEC DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE(null)
--
SPOOL c:\mySQL\out.txt
--
BEGIN
--
DECLARE
--
CURSOR c_cur IS
--
SELECT
ename,
job
FROM
emp;
--
BEGIN
--
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(
'NAME|JOB|'
);
FOR r_cur IN c_cur LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(
r_cur.ename||'|'||
r_cur.job
);
END LOOP;
END;
END;
/
Then I import into Excel as data delimited on the pipe.

works fine until I have decide that I really need a column more. So I made changes on the SQL code, and two more changes in the part of the output (one for the title and one for the LOOP)
I was wondering if someone had written a cool procedure I could run across ALL SQL, and he would automatically know my names to column write the titles and then to loop through data automatically.

I'm not tied to the use of the exact procedure I described above. The key is, I'm looking for a general procedure that I can run any script through, and it will load the output for me, without further changes.

Hello

Why do you not consider creation and HTML file which can be read easily with Excel.

that is to say:

SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE UNLIMITED
SET LIN 500

SET DEFINE OFF
SET UNDERLINE OFF
SET TAB OFF
SET FEEDBACK OFF
SET VERIFY OFF
SET TERMOUT OFF
SET PAGES 9999

SET MARKUP HTML ON TABLE "cellspacing=0 border=1" ENTMAP OFF

spool myexcel.xls

/* Replace the query below as you like */
SELECT * FROM EMP;

spool off

EXIT

The format is HTML, but once you load in Excel, you can easily save the format you like.

Kind regards.
Al

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