Re: postgresql 8.1.5 psql -P recordsep='\n' not work

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "Denis Lishtovny" <d(dot)lishtovny(at)chronopay(dot)com>
Subject: Re: postgresql 8.1.5 psql -P recordsep='\n' not work
Date: 2007-04-02 15:19:35
Message-ID: 200704021719.35848.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Montag, 2. April 2007 16:48 schrieb Denis Lishtovny:
> I want to output result of query with double newline record separated.
>
> For example:
>
> psql -At -P recordsep="\n\n" -U postgres -c "select generate_series(1,3)"

"\n" is not a newline, it's a "\" followed by an "n". You need to actually
enter two newlines

psql -At -P recordsep="

" -U postgres -c "select generate_series(1,3)"

or figure out how your shell makes escapes available.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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