Export to CSV and Compress with GZIP in postgres

Question

I need to export a big table to csv file and compress it.

I can export it using COPY command from postgres like -

COPY foo_table to \'/tmp/foo_table.csv

Answer 1

You can use directly, as per docs, https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/sql-copy.html

COPY foo_table to PROGRAM 'gzip > /tmp/foo_table.csv' delimiters',' CSV HEADER;