Load multiple CSV file in Postgres using COPY

From: Murtuza Zabuawala <murtuza(dot)zabuawala(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Load multiple CSV file in Postgres using COPY
Date: 2017-02-17 05:26:50
Message-ID: CAKKotZSZ-sRHLnnxCmDi+ORiAvbnZfsZpgJuL6jjkgZ2wHTwGw@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

Is there any way to load multiple CSV files at once using single COPY
command?

I have scenario where I have to load multiple files,

COPY prdxgdat FROM 'Z:/data-2016-04-01.csv' WITH DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER Y
COPY prdxgdat FROM 'Z:/data-2016-04-02.csv' WITH DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER Y
COPY prdxgdat FROM 'Z:/data-2016-04-03.csv' WITH DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER Y
COPY prdxgdat FROM 'Z:/data-2016-04-04.csv' WITH DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER Y
COPY prdxgdat FROM 'Z:/data-2016-04-05.csv' WITH DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER Y
COPY prdxgdat FROM 'Z:/data-2016-04-06.csv' WITH DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER Y
..
..
..
..
COPY prdxgdat FROM 'Z:/data-2016-04-50.csv' WITH DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER Y

50 files -> 50 COPY command, In my use case I think this is not a good way
to load data, Can you suggest any better way to do this?

I can always write external script (eg: shell script) but is there any
other way to do this using single COPY command?

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Regards,
Murtuza Zabuawala
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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