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# Export Query Results To A CSV
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Digging through the results of queries in Postgres's `psql` is great if you
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are a programmer, but eventually someone without the skills or access may
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need to check out that data. Exporting the results of a query to CSV is a
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friendly way to share said results because most people will have a program
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on their computer that can read a CSV file.
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For example, exporting all your pokemon to `/tmp/pokemon_dump.csv` can be
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accomplished with:
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```sql
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copy (select * from pokemons) to '/tmp/pokemon_dump.csv' csv;
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```
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Because we are grabbing the entire table, we can just specify the table name
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instead of using a subquery:
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```sql
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copy pokemons to '/tmp/pokemon_dump.csv' csv;
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```
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Include the column names as headers to the CSV file with the `header`
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keyword:
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```sql
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copy (select * from pokemons) to '/tmp/pokemon_dump.csv' csv header;
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```
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If your user has limited access, you can use the \copy command like so:
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```sql
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\copy (select * from pokemons) to '/tmp/pokemon_dump.csv' with csv header;
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```
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[source](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1120109/export-postgres-table-to-csv-file-with-headings)
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