Re: BUG #15645: \COPY command not printing output in batch mode

PG Bug reporting form wrote:

> I am trying to truncate a table and copy data into the same table using
> \copy. In this process, I need to print number of rows deleted and copied.
>
> I am using this command:
> echo -e "begin; delete from test; \\\copy test from test.csv CSV HEADER;
> end;" | psql -hlocalhost -dpostgres -Upostgres

As answered at [1] where it was asked as a question,
it's not a bug, but the effect of \copy processing the whole line,
as documented:

"Unlike most other meta-commands, the entire remainder of the line
is always taken to be the arguments of \copy"

plus the fact that from the COPY + END commands executed in the
same compound statement, only the last result is handled/displayed
by psql, which is also known and documented.

Suggested workarounds:
1. use psql -1 instead of adding your own BEGIN/END commands.
2. use the heredoc syntax for multi-line SQL scripts embedded into
shell commands.

[1] https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/230230/

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