David W Noon <dwnoon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, 2 May 2010 14:13:52 +0200, John Gage wrote abour >> I issue the following command to the shell: >> >> echo '\o file.txt \\ select * from table_name limit 10 \o ' | psql -- >> host 'localhost' --port 5432 --username 'johngage' 'database_name' > Try putting a semi-colon at the end of your SQL query. Or put a \g there. As it stands, execution of the SQL query is triggered by the EOF at the end of the string. So the fact that the second \o got executed before that is unsurprising. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
