Re: Copy entire file as one field

On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 19:48, Warren Massengill wrote:
> My database is pg, the table is mail.
> The small text files are in /home/kelly/message/.
> The bash shell script is merge.
>
> Somehow I failed to translate your instructions...
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/bash
>
> for f in `ls /home/kelly/message*`
                               ^^^^^^
                           message/*

> do
>         psql -d pg -c "INSERT INTO mail (message)
>                                  VALUES ('`cat $f`')"
> done

Your files are in that directory, so the wild card must be too.
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