Re: Processing data from table using awk.

Your best bet is something like

#!/bin/bash

get_data ()
{
QRY=$(psql $HOST $PORT $USER $DBNAME <<_QUERY_

\o your_output_file
SELECT col1, col2, ...., coln
  FROM your_table
WHERE <blah>;

_QUERY_

)
}

awk <blah> your_table