How do you print the result of a PostgreSQL query in CSV or TSV format from the command line?

Question

I\'d like to execute a query from the shell (not in the interactive psql client) and have it print the CSV or TSV representation of the output to STDOUT. How do you do that with

Answer 1

Starting from Bohemian's answer, I found these flags useful:

psql my_database -U myuser -A -F , -X -t -f /path/to/query.sql -o /path/to/output.csv

• Unaligned output mode: -A
• Use comma as field delimiter: -F ,
• Do not read psqlrc: -X
• Tuples only (no header/footer): -t
• File containing SQL query: -f
• Output file: -o