Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8B2D9F9ECD for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:20:18 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 99847-06 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:20:13 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from svr4.postgresql.org (svr4.postgresql.org [66.98.251.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CB3A9F9DAD for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:20:12 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.3 Received: from dougal.cranntara.net (unknown [217.112.91.201]) by svr4.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42FA85AF8CD for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:20:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from client-13-p-1-lns.glfd.dial.virgin.net ([81.103.144.12] helo=bolek.coachhouse) by dougal.cranntara.net with asmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GkfJX-00088i-00 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:21:52 +0000 Received: (Exim 3.36) #1 (Debian)) protocol: esmtp id 1GkfGc-0003pk-00 ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:18:50 +0000 Message-ID: <455C4918.4020604@numerixtechnology.de> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:18:48 +0000 From: T E Schmitz Reply-To: mailreg@numerixtechnology.de User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051017) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: psql -F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.186 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, BAYES_50, FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200611/162 X-Sequence-Number: 26814 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? -- Regards, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz