postgres restore from dump code example

Example 1: postgresql restore from dump

psql -U postgres -h localhost -p 5432 -f data_dump.sql

Example 2: restore postgres database from sql file

psql -d database_name -f backup.sql

Example 3: postgresql dump and restore db

#To dump a database called mydb into a SQL-script file:
pg_dump mydb > db.sql

#To reload such a script into a (freshly created) database named newdb:
psql -d newdb -f db.sql

Example 4: populate db from command line postgres

\i 'path/to/file.sql'