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# 1  
Old 04-08-2010
Question psql output without return \n
Hi Everyone,

When i finish running
Code:
[root@tmp]# echo `psql -t -U root databaseA -c "select a, b from book"`;

i get the output
Code:
107275 | 14 107301 | 2 107446 | 6 107820 | 77 107929 | 101

Would like to have the result like:
Code:
107275 | 14
107301 | 2
107446 | 6
107820 | 77
107929 | 101

or can i use printf, sprintf, or awk, etc, to make the output like this? Please advice.

Thanks
Regards,
# 2  
Old 04-08-2010
use -R option in your psql -R separator
--record-separator separator Use separator as the record separator. This is equivalent to the \pset recordsep command.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmy_y
Hi Everyone,

When i finish running
Code:
[root@tmp]# echo `psql -t -U root databaseA -c "select a, b from book"`;

i get the output
Code:
107275 | 14 107301 | 2 107446 | 6 107820 | 77 107929 | 101

Would like to have the result like:
Code:
107275 | 14
107301 | 2
107446 | 6
107820 | 77
107929 | 101

or can i use printf, sprintf, or awk, etc, to make the output like this? Please advice.

Thanks
Regards,
try like this

Code:
echo `psql -A -R "\r\n"  -t -U root databaseA -c "select a, b from book"`;

# 3  
Old 04-08-2010
Seems cannot, the output is
Code:
107275|14\r\n107301|2\r\n107446|6\r\n107820|77\r\n107929|101

# 4  
Old 04-08-2010
try this one

Code:
echo `psql -F "\r\n"  -t -U root databaseA -c "select a, b from book"`;

Code:
echo `psql -A -F "\r\n"  -t -U root databaseA -c "select a, b from book"`;

# 5  
Old 04-08-2010
Smilie
Quote:
Originally Posted by itkamaraj
try this one

Code:
echo `psql -F "\r\n"  -t -U root databaseA -c "select a, b from book"`;

107275 | 14 107301 | 2 107446 | 6 107820 | 77 107929 | 101

Code:
echo `psql -A -F "\r\n"  -t -U root databaseA -c "select a, b from book"`;

107275\r\n14 107301\r\n2 107446\r\n6 107820\r\n77 107929\r\n101
# 6  
Old 04-08-2010
i see the field seperator is -R option

PostgreSQL: Documentation: Manuals: PostgreSQL 8.3: psql
# 7  
Old 04-09-2010
i give up change the psql line, but below can works.
1. use -A -R "#", then
[code]
107275|14#107301|2#107446|6#107820|77#107929|101
[code]

2. output this output to a string, then $aa =~ s/#/\n/g;
then the output will be
Code:
107275|14
107301|2
107446|6
107820|77
107929|101
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