How do I pipe output from query to a file in PostgreSQL?

On Monday 26 October 2009 12:03:13 Penrod, John wrote:

In oracle:

SPOOL filename.txt
Select * from customer;
SPOOL OFF

Results are piped to filename.txt

How do I do this from the psql command line?

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psql
postgres=# \o file.out
postgres=# select * from customer;

On 26/10/2009 18:03, Penrod, John wrote:

In oracle:

SPOOL filename.txt
Select * from customer;
SPOOL OFF

Results are piped to filename.txt

How do I do this from the psql command line?

\g <filename> will execute the query and send the result to <filename>.

Ray.

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