Re: psql copy from through bash

From: Szymon Guz <mabewlun(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Kirk Wythers <kwythers(at)umn(dot)edu>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql copy from through bash
Date: 2013-01-11 18:18:55
Message-ID: CAFjNrYujxR+xWnxTfT5GfQ7ATVtgTYn0Js6bvXiwFzxPujSWwA@mail.gmail.com
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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?
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> 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
>
>
> Thanks in advance
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Hi Kirk,
maybe try this:

cat $infile |

- Szymon

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