How to restore pg_dump file into postgres database

Question

So I regularly backup and restore databases and schema\'s using pgadmin4. I would like to do it with a batch file using commands as pg_dump and pg_restore. I however always fail

Answer 1

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pgrestore.html

--format=format Specify format of the archive. It is not necessary to specify the format, since pg_restore will determine the format automatically. If specified, it can be one of the following:

custom, directory and tar

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-pgdump.html

--format=format

Selects the format of the output. format can be one of the following:

p plain Output a plain-text SQL script file (the default).

others are custom, directory and tar

in short - you used defualt plain format, which is meant for using with psql, not pg_restore. So either specify different format with pg_dump or use your file as

psql -f  mw2.tar