pg_dump

Extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file or other archive file. More information: <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/pg_dump.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install postgresql-client-9.1
Ubuntu
apt-get install postgresql-client-9.3
Image Alpine
apk add postgresql
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S postgresql-old-upgrade
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install postgresql-client-11
CentOS
yum install postgresql
Fedora
dnf install postgresql
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install postgresql-client-9.3
OS X
brew install postgresql
Raspbian
apt-get install postgresql-client-9.5
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/pg_dump pg_dump powered by Commando

Extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file or other archive file. More information: <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html>.

  • Dump database into an SQL-script file:
    pg_dump db_name > output_file.sql
  • Same as above, customize username:
    pg_dump -U username db_name > output_file.sql
  • Same as above, customize host and port:
    pg_dump -h host -p port db_name > output_file.sql
  • Dump a database into a custom-format archive file:
    pg_dump -Fc db_name > output_file.dump
  • Dump only database data into an SQL-script file:
    pg_dump -a db_name > path/to/output_file.sql
  • Dump only schema (data definitions) into an SQL-script file:
    pg_dump -s db_name > path/to/output_file.sql

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