Yes dos2unix <postgres.sql> worked absolutely fine. I got the solution of my
problem. Thanks alot for your co-operation.
I am using Linux Red hat 9 and my client is also using the same platform but
when he emailed me this sql file he first saved file on windows and then I
saved it on windows and saved n run on linux So I think this procedure leads
to carriage return. but dos2unix command sorted out the problem.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Fuhr" <mike@fuhr.org>
To: "Inpreet Singh" <Singh.Inpreet@netsity.com>
Cc: <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Restore postgres database problem
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 11:00:44AM +0530, Inpreet Singh wrote:
>
> > Yes it returning carriage returns. I am pasting below the output to the
> > command u send to me
> >
> > *******Linux Prompt**********************
> > [root@localhost inpreet]# head postgres.sql | cat -v
> > --^M
> > -- PostgreSQL database cluster dump^M
> > --^M
>
> You could strip the carriage returns with tr, sed, perl, dos2unix,
> etc. Here's an example:
>
> tr -d '\r' < postgres.sql > fixed.sql # or pipe into psql
>
> What kind of system did you create the dump on? How did you transfer
> the file? If you can figure out how the carriage returns got there
> then you might be able to prevent it from happening in the future.
>
> --
> Michael Fuhr
> http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/
>