createdb

Database Management

Create a new PostgreSQL database

Options & Flags

Available options for this command

-O

Specify the owner of the new database

-T

Specify template database to copy

-E

Specify character encoding

Examples

Common usage examples

Create database named myapp

createdb myapp

Create database with specific owner

createdb -O myuser myapp

Create database with UTF-8 encoding

createdb -E UTF8 myapp

Notes

Requires appropriate PostgreSQL privileges

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