CONTAINER="name" DB="Db name" TABLE="Table Name" FILE="file.csv" sudo docker exec -u postgres ${CONTAINER} psql -d ${DB} -c "COPY ${TABLE} TO STDOUT WITH CSV HEADER " > ${FILE} # Copy csv to table # sudo psql -h localhost -U root -d my_db -p 5432 -c "\COPY source_table TO '/home/user/source_table.csv' DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER;"