From: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
To: mailreg@numerixtechnology.de
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: psql -F <TAB>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:37:02 -0800
Message-ID: <455C5B6E.1070403@joeconway.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <455C54FE.5090902@numerixtechnology.de>
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<455C54FE.5090902@numerixtechnology.de>
T E Schmitz wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>
>> 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?
> Sorry for having gone off-topic. I was just hoping something like \t
> could be passed, too.
>
Try:
psql -A -t -U $DBUSER -d $DB -c "$QUERY" -F $'\t'
see:
man bash
HTH,
Joe
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