Update PostgreSQL table through CSV via command line on Macos

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Want to import CSV to update rows in PostgreSQL table via command line on MacOS?

Using pg-cmd, you can import CSV/TSV/TXT data to update existing PostgreSQL table easily and fast, no need to program.

Here you can download pg-cmd MacOS version.

No need to install PostgreSQL client library.

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Update PostgreSQL table through CSV/TSV/TXT file via command line on MacOS

1. In interactive mode:

pg-cmd> load loadtype=update
      > updatekey=id
      > table=media_messages 
      > datafile=/Users/pan/Documents/media_messages.csv 
      > delimiter=, 
      > quote=" 
      > header=y;

2. In batch mode:

pg-cmd dsn="pan:withdata@192.168.0.102/test" task=load loadtype=update updatekey=id table=media_messages datafile=/Users/pan/Documents/media_messages.csv delimiter=, quote=" header=y quit=y

“loadtype=update” will update row in table by “updatekey” id, not insert.

See parameters detail.


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