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This part contains reference information for
<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> 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.
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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.
</p><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-clusterdb.html"><span class="application">clusterdb</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — cluster a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-createdb.html"><span class="application">createdb</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — create a new <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-createuser.html"><span class="application">createuser</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — define a new <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> user account</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-dropdb.html"><span class="application">dropdb</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — remove a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-dropuser.html"><span class="application">dropuser</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — remove a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> user account</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-ecpg.html"><span class="application">ecpg</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — embedded SQL C preprocessor</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-pgbasebackup.html">pg_basebackup</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — take a base backup of a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> cluster</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="pgbench.html"><span class="application">pgbench</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — run a benchmark test on <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span></span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-pgconfig.html">pg_config</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — retrieve information about the installed version of <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span></span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-pgdump.html">pg_dump</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
extract a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database into a script file or other archive file
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-pg-dumpall.html"><span class="application">pg_dumpall</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — extract a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database cluster into a script file</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-pg-isready.html"><span class="application">pg_isready</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — check the connection status of a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-pgreceivewal.html">pg_receivewal</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — stream write-ahead logs from a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> server</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-pgrecvlogical.html"><span class="application">pg_recvlogical</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — control <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> logical decoding streams</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-pgrestore.html">pg_restore</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
restore a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database from an
archive file created by <span class="application">pg_dump</span>
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-psql.html"><span class="application">psql</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> —
<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> interactive terminal
</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-reindexdb.html"><span class="application">reindexdb</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — reindex a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database</span></dt><dt><span class="refentrytitle"><a href="app-vacuumdb.html"><span class="application">vacuumdb</span></a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — garbage-collect and analyze a <span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> database</span></dt></dl></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-values.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="reference.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="app-clusterdb.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">VALUES </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <span class="application">clusterdb</span></td></tr></table></div></body></html>
