{"id":9590,"date":"2025-09-05T08:03:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/?p=9590"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:03:55","slug":"import-data-from-csv-to-postgresql-via-command-line-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/pg-cmd\/import-data-from-csv-to-postgresql-via-command-line-on-windows.html","title":{"rendered":"Import data from CSV to PostgreSQL via command line on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to import data from  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comma-separated_values\">CSV<\/a>  file to  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postgresql.org\/\">PostgreSQL<\/a>  via Command Line Interface (CLI) on Windows?<\/p>\n<p>Using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/pg-cmd\/\">pg-cmd<\/a>, a Command Line Interface (CLI) client for PostgreSQL, you can import data from CSV file to PostgreSQL  easily and fast. Direct Interaction or Scripting and Automation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No need to install PostgreSQL client library.<\/li>\n<li>Convenient to deploy to cloud. No need to run installation file, just uncompress and run, immediately.<\/li>\n<li>Commands are entered into a terminal or command prompt, accessed from local or remote (like SSH).<\/li>\n<li>Support Windows, Linux, and MacOS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\">Download pg-cmd Windows version<\/a>  <a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/download_3.jpg\" alt=\"Download pg-cmd\" width=\"80\" height=\"22\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dtv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/down\/pg-cmd.windows-386.zip\">pg-cmd.windows-386.zip<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/down\/pg-cmd.windows-amd64.zip\">pg-cmd.windows-amd64.zip<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Import data from CSV file to PostgreSQL  via command line on Windows<\/h2>\n<p>1. In interactive mode:<\/p>\n<pre>\npg-cmd> load loadtype=replace\n      > table=media_messages \n      > datafile=\/data\/media_messages.csv \n      > delimiter=, \n      > quote=\" \n      > header=y;\n<\/pre>\n<p>2. In batch mode:<\/p>\n<pre>\npg-cmd dsn=\"pan:withdata@192.168.0.102\/test\" task=load loadtype=replace table=media_messages datafile=\/data\/media_messages.csv delimiter=, quote=\" header=y quit=y\n<\/pre>\n<p>&#8220;loadtype=replace&#8221; will delete all data in table before inserting.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/pg-cmd\/load.html\">parameters detail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p>More about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/pg-cmd\/\">pg-cmd &#8211; Command Line Interface (CLI) tool for PostgreSQL<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"download-bottom\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<p>Download pg-cmd Windows version<a href=\"#download-bottom\" onclick=\"dbv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/btn_download_green.png\" alt=\"Download pg-cmd\" width=\"165\" height=\"50\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dbv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/down\/pg-cmd.windows-386.zip\">pg-cmd.windows-386.zip<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/down\/pg-cmd.windows-amd64.zip\">pg-cmd.windows-amd64.zip<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to import data from CSV file to PostgreSQL via Command Line Interface (CLI) on Windows? Using pg-cmd, a Command Line Interface (CLI) client for PostgreSQL, you can import data from CSV file to PostgreSQL easily and fast. Direct Interaction or Scripting and Automation. No need to install PostgreSQL client library. 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