PostgreSQL Client Applications
This part contains reference information for PostgreSQL client applications and
utilities. Not all of these commands are of general utility;
some might require special privileges. The common feature of
these applications is that they can be run on any host,
independent of where the database server resides.
When specified on the command line, user and database names
have their case preserved — the presence of spaces or special
characters might require quoting. Table names and other
identifiers do not have their case preserved, except where
documented, and might require quoting.
Table of Contents
- clusterdb — cluster a PostgreSQL database
- createdb — create a new PostgreSQL database
- createuser — define a new PostgreSQL user account
- dropdb — remove a PostgreSQL database
- dropuser — remove a PostgreSQL user account
- ecpg — embedded SQL C preprocessor
- pg_basebackup
— take a base backup of a
PostgreSQL
cluster
- pgbench — run a benchmark test on PostgreSQL
- pg_config — retrieve information about the installed
version of PostgreSQL
- pg_dump — extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file
or other archive file
- pg_dumpall — extract a PostgreSQL database cluster into a
script file
- pg_isready — check the connection status of a
PostgreSQL
server
- pg_receivewal
— stream write-ahead logs from a
PostgreSQL
server
- pg_recvlogical — control PostgreSQL logical decoding
streams
- pg_restore — restore a PostgreSQL database from an archive
file created by pg_dump
- psql — PostgreSQL
interactive terminal
- reindexdb — reindex a PostgreSQL database
- vacuumdb — garbage-collect and analyze a PostgreSQL database
