script to drop and create all indexes in a database with parameter concurrently - Mailing list pgsql-admin

Below is a Linux script I wrote that will drop and create all of the indexes for your database with the “concurrently” parameter.

#!/bin/sh

dbhost=localhost

database=somedatabasename

dbschema=/tempfile/dbschema.txt

filtered=/tempfile/dbschema_filtered.txt

sql=/tempfile/rebuild_indexes.sql

rm "$dbschema"

rm "$filtered"

rm "$sql"

pg_dump -s -h "$dbhost" "$database" > "$dbschema"

grep -e CREATE\ INDEX -e SET\ search_path "$dbschema" | sed 's/CREATE\ INDEX/CREATE\ INDEX\ CONCURRENTLY/g' > "$filtered"

while read p; do

  if [[ "$p" == SET* ]]; then

    echo $p >> "$sql"

  else

    name=$(cut -d\  -f4 <<<"${p}")

    drop="DROP INDEX $name;"

    echo $drop >> "$sql"

    echo $p >> "$sql"

  fi

done < "$filtered"

psql -U ows -h "$dbhost" -d "$database" -f "$sql"

rm "$dbschema"

rm "$filtered"

rm "$sql"

Thanks,

Lance Campbell

Software Architect

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217-333-0382