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# pg_dump
> Extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file or other archive file.
> More information: <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgdump.html>.
- Dump database into an SQL-script file:
`pg_dump {{db_name}} > {{output_file.sql}}`
- Same as above, customize username:
`pg_dump {{[-U|--username]}} {{username}} {{db_name}} > {{output_file.sql}}`
- Same as above, customize host and port:
`pg_dump {{[-h|--host]}} {{host}} {{[-p|--port]}} {{port}} {{db_name}} > {{output_file.sql}}`
- Dump a database into a custom-format archive file:
`pg_dump {{[-F|--format]}} {{[c|custom]}} {{db_name}} > {{output_file.dump}}`
- Dump only database data into an SQL-script file:
`pg_dump {{[-a|--data-only]}} {{db_name}} > {{path/to/output_file.sql}}`
- Dump only schema (data definitions) into an SQL-script file:
`pg_dump {{[-s|--schema-only]}} {{db_name}} > {{path/to/output_file.sql}}`