I recently switched from OSX to Linux and \copy in psql no longer accepts multi-line queries. For instance: \copy ( select * from pg_settings ) to '/tmp/settings.csv' with csv header This works fine on OSX. On Linux I get: \copy: parse error at end of line Am I missing something here? Version information: OSX (installed from macports): iDarwin huxley.local 10.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:32:41 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 PostgreSQL 9.0.7 on x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0, compiled by GCC i686-apple-darwin10-gcc-4.2.1 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3), 64-bit Linux (from pitti's ppa): Linux planck 2.6.38-8-server #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:49:04 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux PostgreSQL 9.0.5 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc-4.5.real (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) 4.5.2, 64-bit -Ryan Kelly -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general