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 db_name > output_file.sql

• Same as above, customize host and port:

pg_dump -h host -p port db_name > output_file.sql

• Dump a database into a custom-format archive file:

pg_dump -Fc db_name > output_file.dump

• Dump only database data into an SQL-script file:

pg_dump -a db_name > path/to/output_file.sql

• Dump only schema (data definitions) into an SQL-script file:

pg_dump -s db_name > path/to/output_file.sql