Want to export data from Redshift query to TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file?
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- Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.
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Export data from Redshift query to TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file
Login to Redshift -> Enter Redshift query -> Set TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file options -> Export Redshift query to TXT
Choose Redshift and logon.
Click “Export From Query” at task dialog.
Select TXT file type.
1. Enter Redshift query.
2. Set TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export Redshift query results to TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file.
After exporting, you can view output TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) files.
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See also:
- Export Redshift table to TXT (pipe delimited text)
- Export multiple similar Redshift tables to one TXT (pipe delimited text) file
- Batch export Redshift tables to TXT (pipe delimited text) files
Redshift → Pipe-delimited reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Redshift | in Pipe-delimited |
|---|---|---|
| Int | integer | 1234 |
| Bigint | bigint | 9007199254740993 |
| Decimal | numeric(p,s) | 1234.56 |
| Float | double precision | 1.234e+10 |
| Text | varchar(n) | quoted only when it contains a pipe or a quote |
| Long text | varchar(max) | must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records |
| Date | date | 2026-09-18 |
| Datetime | timestamp | 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| Binary | (none) | not representable - base64 or hex string |
| Boolean | boolean | TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer |
| JSON | super | the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled |
Dialect differences
Redshift is a database server and Pipe-delimited is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in Redshift | in Pipe-delimited |
|---|---|---|
| port | 5439 | — |
| identifiers | "double quotes" | Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" ) |
| row limit | LIMIT n | — |
| dates | timestamp, date | Conventional text: 2026-09-18 or 2026-09-18 14:30:00 |
| long text | VARCHAR(MAX) | — |
| binary | — | Not supported |
| separator | — | Pipe "|" |
| encoding | — | No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM |
| typing | — | None - every field is text |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Flat table, optional header row |
| ceiling | — | No formal limit; row count bounded by memory |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Redshift | UNLOAD to S3 |
| Redshift (load) | COPY from S3 |
No counterpart
- Pipe-delimited has no equivalent for Binary - it has to be flattened or dropped.
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