psql - save results of command to a file

Question

I\'m using psql\'s \\dt to list all tables in a database and I need to save the results.

What is the syntax to export the results of a psql command to a

Answer 1

I assume that there exist some internal psql command for this, but you could also run the script command from util-linux-ng package:

DESCRIPTION Script makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal.

Answer 2

Approach for docker

via psql command

 docker exec -i %containerid% psql -U %user% -c '\dt' > tables.txt

or query from sql file

docker exec -i %containerid% psql -U %user% < file.sql > data.txt

Answer 3

The psql \o command was already described by jhwist.

An alternative approach is using the COPY TO command to write directly to a file on the server. This has the advantage that it's dumped in an easy-to-parse format of your choice -- rather than psql's tabulated format. It's also very easy to import to another table/database using COPY FROM.

NB! This requires superuser privileges and will write to a file on the server.

Example: COPY (SELECT foo, bar FROM baz) TO '/tmp/query.csv' (format csv, delimiter ';')

Creates a CSV file with ';' as the field separator.

As always, see the documentation for details

Answer 4

Use the below query to store the result in a CSV file

\copy (your query) to 'file path' csv header;

Example

\copy (select name,date_order from purchase_order) to '/home/ankit/Desktop/result.csv' cvs header;

Hope this helps you.

Answer 5

COPY tablename TO '/tmp/output.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER;

this command is used to store the entire table as csv

Answer 6

This approach will work with any psql command from the simplest to the most complex without requiring any changes or adjustments to the original command.

NOTE: For Linux servers.

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• Save the contents of your command to a file

MODEL

read -r -d '' FILE_CONTENT << 'HEREDOC'
[COMMAND_CONTENT]

HEREDOC
echo -n "$FILE_CONTENT" > sqlcmd

EXAMPLE

read -r -d '' FILE_CONTENT << 'HEREDOC'
DO $f$
declare
    curid INT := 0;
    vdata BYTEA;
    badid VARCHAR;
    loc VARCHAR;
begin
FOR badid IN SELECT some_field FROM public.some_base LOOP
    begin
    select 'ctid - '||ctid||'pagenumber - '||(ctid::text::point) [0]::bigint
        into loc
        from public.some_base where some_field = badid;
        SELECT file||' '
        INTO vdata
        FROM public.some_base where some_field = badid;
    exception
        when others then
        raise notice 'Block/PageNumber - % ',loc;
            raise notice 'Corrupted id - % ', badid;
            --return;
    end;
end loop;
end;
$f$;

HEREDOC
echo -n "$FILE_CONTENT" > sqlcmd

• Run the command

MODEL

sudo -u postgres psql [some_db] -c "$(cat sqlcmd)" >>sqlop 2>&1

EXAMPLE

sudo -u postgres psql some_db -c "$(cat sqlcmd)" >>sqlop 2>&1

• View/track your command output

cat sqlop

Done! Thanks! =D