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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