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# psql is the PostgreSQL terminal interface. The following commands were tested on version 9.5.
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# Connection options:
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# -U username (if not specified current OS user is used).
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# -p port.
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# -h server hostname/address.
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# Connect to a specific database:
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psql -U postgres -h serverAddress -d dbName
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# Get databases on a server:
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psql -U postgres -h serverAddress --list
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# Execute sql query and save output to file:
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psql -U postgres -d dbName -c 'select * from tableName;' -o fileName
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# Execute query and get tabular html output:
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psql -U postgres -d dbName -H -c 'select * from tableName;'
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# Execute query and save resulting rows to csv file:
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psql -U postgres -d dbName -t -A -P fieldsep=',' -c 'select * from tableName;' -o fileName.csv
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# Read commands from file:
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psql -f fileName
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# Restore databases from file:
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psql -f fileName.backup postgres
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