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Old 04-10-2008, 10:42 AM
Peter Eisentraut
 
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Default Re: postgresql 8.1.5 psql -P recordsep='\n' not work

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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