On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 07:40:49PM +0100, Fabien COELHO wrote: > > Hello Pavel, > > >> psql --csv 'TABLE Stuff;' > stuff.csv > > > >There is commad -c and it should be used. The --csv options should not to > >have a parameter. I don't like a idea to have more options for query > >execution. > > Yes, I agree and that is indeed what I meant, sorry for the typo. The > cleaner example would be something like: > > psql --csv -c 'TABLE foo' > foo.csv > > With a -c to introduce the command.
This seems pretty specialized. If we're adding something new, how about psql --format=csv -o foo.csv -c 'TABLE foo' Or we could stick with: psql -P format=csv -o foo.csv -c 'TABLE foo' Best, David. -- David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate