getting result in a var bash psql code example
Example: postgres output to bash variable
vartest=`psql -X -A -d $dbname -U $username -h localhost -p 5432 -t -c "SELECT gid FROM testtable WHERE aid='1'"`
vartest=`psql -X -A -d $dbname -U $username -h localhost -p 5432 -t -c "SELECT gid FROM testtable WHERE aid='1'"`