-A -t worked great.  Thanks !
-dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Chobot [mailto:be...@silentmedia.com] 
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 2:03 PM
To: Gauthier, Dave
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Controlling psql output

On Fri, 8 May 2009, Gauthier, Dave wrote:

> Hi:
>
> Using a single psql command to generate stdout in linux that will be 
> redirected to a file.  Many rows with 1 column are returned.  I want no 
> header, no footer, no blank lines at the top or bottom, no initial space 
> before each record.  This is what I'm trying...
>
> psql -P tuples_only=on,footer=off,border=0 mydb
>
> This gets rid of the header and footer OK.  But there is still a blank line 
> as the first line in stdout.  Also, each record has a preceding space before 
> the column value.
>
> Is there a way to do what I want?

Do you need to have the rows aligned? The -A flag may work for you, though 
you might want to specify a different column seperator.



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