Re: Enhancement to psql command, feedback.

On 05/09/2018 02:59 AM, John McKown wrote:
> I just wanted to throw this out to the users before I made a complete fool 
> of myself by formally requesting it. But I would like what I hope would be 
> a minor change (enhancement) to the psql command. If you look on this 
> page, https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Shared_Database_Hosting ,
> you will see a number of example which look like:
>
> psql -U postgres template1 -f - << EOT
>
> REVOKE ALL ON DATABASE template1 FROM public;
> REVOKE ALL ON SCHEMA public FROM public;
> GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO postgres;
> CREATE LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>
> EOT
>
> To me this looks similar to a UNIX shell script.

Because it *is* a Unix shell script.  The "<< EOT" is part of a heredoc, 
which is designed to keep everything in one place instead of needing a 
second file for the SQL commands.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_document

(The concept is as old as computing.  Anyone who's worked on mainframes or 
proprietary minicomputers from DEC will instantly recognize it.)

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