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I am writing a SQL script to copy multiple .CSV files into a postgres database like this:

COPY product(title, department) from 'ys.csv' CSV HEADER;

I have multiple files I want to copy in. I don't want: 

COPY product(title, department) from 'ys1.csv' CSV HEADER;
COPY product(title, department) from 'ys2.csv' CSV HEADER;
COPY product(title, department) from 'ys3.csv' CSV HEADER;
COPY product(title, department) from 'ys4.csv' CSV HEADER;
COPY product(title, department) from 'ys5.csv' CSV HEADER;

I would like to use a for loop for this instead of multiple copy commands. Is this possible? Thanks

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Using a do block maybe? postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-do.html –  a_horse_with_no_name Aug 30 '13 at 13:15
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In linux pipe the output of the files listing to psql. Make copy use the standard input:

cat /path_to/ys*.csv | psql -c 'COPY product(title, department) from stdin CSV HEADER'

Look for the equivalent in other OSs

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