On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 02:21:41 -0500 Ron Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: … > More stuff happens after this. I want to print out these four lines, but > also test the COUNT(*) value and bypass other bash commands if the count == > 0.
You should probably output your result from psql in a parsable way (CSV ? TSV ? custom ?) for your bash script, then print values from bash. The commands "column" or "printf" could help you format a pretty table if really needed. > Is there any relatively simple way to do this (psql print and return > count(*))? Not in a clean way. To make psql return something else than 0, you need to trigger an error with a failing query to make it return 3 when ON_ERROR_STOP is enabled.
