On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 12:06 PM David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 8:52 PM jian he <jian.universality@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> hi. >> >> test.sql content: >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> do $$ >> begin >> raise info 'information message %', now() ; >> raise debug 'debug message %', now(); >> raise notice 'notice message %', now(); >> end $$; >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> psql -af test.sql > test.out >> > > You've only redirected stdout (file # 1 - implied), the "raise" stuff goes to stderr (file # 2) > > IIRC you can do: > > psql -af test.sql > test.out 2>&1 > > (order matters, left-to-right) > > But you can search online for "output redirection in Linux" or some such if you want to learn the Linux command line better. > > David J. > thanks. I don't know that "raise" stuff goes to stderr. To get rid of the line numbers, I use "psql -a < test.sql > test.out 2>&1 " to get the expected result.