psql generate insert command based on select

From: "Leonardo M(dot) Ramé" <l(dot)rame(at)griensu(dot)com>
To: PostgreSql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: psql generate insert command based on select
Date: 2014-10-10 17:27:52
Message-ID: 54381718.3030001@griensu.com
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Hi, today I needed to re-create certain records deleted from a mysql
database, so I restored an old backup, opened a terminal and logged in
to the old database using the "mysql" command line utility, then opened
a new terminal with mysql connected to the production database. Then did
a "select * from table where id=xxx \G;" to display a record, then, on
the other terminal I had to write "insert into table(field1,
field2,...,fieldN) values(...);" for each record.

While doing that I tought of a neat feature that psql could provide,
that is something like "\insert for select * from table where id=xxx;"
this should create the insert command for the requested query.

Is such a thing already present in psql?.

Regards,

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