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Append CSV data to PostgreSQL table via command line on Linux

Shiji Pan

Want to append the data from CSV file to the existing PostgreSQL table via command line on Linux (Ubuntu/RedHat/CentOS…)?

Using pg-cmd, a Command-Line client for PostgreSQL, you can append CSV/TSV/TXT data into existing PostgreSQL table easily and fast.

Support Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

Download pg-cmd Linux version
pg-cmd.linux-386.zip
pg-cmd.linux-amd64.zip
pg-cmd.linux-arm64.zip

No need to install PostgreSQL client library.

Convenient to deploy to cloud. No need to run installation file, just uncompress and run, immediately.

Append CSV/TSV/TXT data to existing PostgreSQL table via command line on Linux

1. In interactive mode:

pg-cmd> load loadtype=append
      > table=media_messages 
      > datafile=/data/media_messages.csv 
      > delimiter=, 
      > quote=" 
      > header=y;

2. In batch mode:

pg-cmd dsn="pan:withdata@192.168.0.102/test" task=load loadtype=append table=media_messages datafile=/data/media_messages.csv  delimiter=, quote=" header=y quit=y

See parameters detail.

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