Re: psql -F problems

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Hubert depesz Lubaczewski <depesz(at)depesz(dot)pl>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql -F problems
Date: 2003-02-23 02:25:41
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0302230301420.2308-100000@peter.localdomain
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Hubert depesz Lubaczewski writes:

> this is usually true, but if i'll try to use "tab" as field separator, i
> cannot enter it like this:
> psql -c "something" -A -t -F '\t'
> it just returns fields separated by literally '\t', and not by tab-space
> character.

This command is parsed by the shell, so psql cannot do anything about it.
Maybe -F $'\t' works in your shell.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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