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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: T E Schmitz <mailreg@numerixtechnology.de>
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Subject: Re: psql -F <TAB>
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T E Schmitz wrote:
> I have written a shell script to export data:
> 
> psql -A -t -U $DBUSER -d $DB -c "$QUERY" -F ' '
> 
> Currently, I am using spaces as field separator but what I really want 
> is tabs.
> 
> How can I specify a TAB character with the -F option?

This is really a shell question.  On those I know, you'd type ^V <tab>.
(Maybe it would work to use '\t' as well, not sure if psql interprets
that.)

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