II. PostgreSQL Client Applications
This part contains reference information for PostgreSQL client applications and utilities. Not all of these commands are of general utility, some may 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.
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clusterdb
-- cluster a PostgreSQL database
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createdb
-- create a new PostgreSQL database
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createlang
-- define a new PostgreSQL procedural language
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createuser
-- define a new PostgreSQL user account
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dropdb
-- remove a PostgreSQL database
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droplang
-- remove a PostgreSQL procedural language
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dropuser
-- remove a PostgreSQL user account
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ecpg
-- embedded SQL C preprocessor
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pg_config -- retrieve information about the installed version of PostgreSQL
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pg_dump -- extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file or other archive file
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pg_dumpall
-- extract a PostgreSQL database cluster into a script file
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pg_restore -- restore a PostgreSQL database from an archive file created by pg_dump
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psql
-- PostgreSQL interactive terminal
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reindexdb
-- reindex a PostgreSQL database
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vacuumdb
-- garbage-collect and analyze a PostgreSQL database
