T E Schmitz wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>
>> 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?
> Sorry for having gone off-topic. I was just hoping something like \t
> could be passed, too.
>
Try: psql -A -t -U $DBUSER -d $DB -c "$QUERY" -F $'\t'
see: man bash
HTH,
Joe
