-A -t worked great. Thanks ! -dave -----Original Message----- From: Ben Chobot [mailto:bench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 2:03 PM To: Gauthier, Dave Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Controlling psql output On Fri, 8 May 2009, Gauthier, Dave wrote: > Hi: > > Using a single psql command to generate stdout in linux that will be redirected to a file. Many rows with 1 column are returned. I want no header, no footer, no blank lines at the top or bottom, no initial space before each record. This is what I'm trying... > > psql -P tuples_only=on,footer=off,border=0 mydb > > This gets rid of the header and footer OK. But there is still a blank line as the first line in stdout. Also, each record has a preceding space before the column value. > > Is there a way to do what I want? Do you need to have the rows aligned? The -A flag may work for you, though you might want to specify a different column seperator. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
