Re: Postgres in bash-mode

I used to be able to do:

(echo "login\npassword\n"; bench.sh) | psql -h system database

Don't really know if it works anymore though.  Started using SSL
related tools.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Pucher" <pucher@atlas.gis.univie.ac.at>
To: "pgsql-hackers" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:07 AM
Subject: [HACKERS] Postgres in bash-mode


> Hi,
>
> I hope, that this is not too off topic for this list, but anyway, it
> should be easy for any PG-expert.
>
> I need to run a shell script that logs in to Postgresql, executes a
> query and logs off again.
>
> In MySQL, I did it like this:
>
> 'mysql -u user -ppassword < script.sh'
>
> My problem is that I can't find a way to put the password in an
'psql'
> statement at the prompt.
>
> Any suggestions are welcome!
>
> mfg
> ALEX
>
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