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# Send A Command To psql
You can send a command to `psql` to be executed by using the `-c` flag
```bash
$ psql -c "select 'Hello, World!';"
?column?
---------------
Hello, World!
(1 row)
```
Specify a particular database as needed
```bash
$ psql blog_prod -c 'select count(*) from posts;'
count
-------
8
(1 row)
```
h/t Jack Christensen