Re: psql copy from through bash

On Jan 11, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Szymon Guz <mabewlun(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

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> On 11 January 2013 19:13, Kirk Wythers <kwythers(at)umn(dot)edu> wrote:
> Can anyone see what I'm misisng? I am trying to run a psql "copy from" command through a bash script to load a buch of cdv files into the same table. I'm getting an error about the file "infile" not existing?
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> #!/bin/sh
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> for infile in /path_to_files/*.csv
> do
> cat infile | psql dbname -c "\copy table_name FROM stdin with delimiter as ',' NULL AS 'NA' CSV HEADER"
> done
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> Thanks in advance
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> Hi Kirk,
> maybe try this:
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> cat $infile |
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Oh my goodness! Thanks you.

Once more quickie. It seems that I am going to be asked for my password every time psql loops through the copy statement.

What is considered best practices to handle authentication? I am connecting locally, as myself as the user and I'm being asked for my user password. I added the -w (no-password) to the psql statement, but now assume I need to add a .pgpass file or something.

Suggestions?