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?
This is really a shell question. On those I know, you'd type ^V <tab>.
(Maybe it would work to use '\t' as well, not sure if psql interprets
that.)
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