How to execute a psql command within a bash for loop

Question

I want to execute a psql statement within a bash script and output the results to a file. The code I have below works as desired:

#!/bin/bash

query=\"select         


        

Answer 1

You are overwriting the file each time with > inside the loop. You need >> inside or have > outside the loop:

#!/bin/bash

query="select * from mytable;"
for (( i=0; i<5; i++ ))
do
   psql < output.txt

Putting > after done is a little more efficient than >> inside the loop.

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