tldr/pages/common/pg_dump.md
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# pg_dump
> Extract a PostgreSQL database into a script file or other archive file.
- Dump database into a 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}}`