</para>
<para>
Note that the command is invoked by the shell, so if you need to pass
- any arguments to shell command that come from an untrusted source, you
+ any arguments that come from an untrusted source, you
must be careful to strip or escape any special characters that might
have a special meaning for the shell. For security reasons, it is best
- to use a fixed command string, or at least avoid passing any user input
+ to use a fixed command string, or at least avoid including any user input
in it.
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
Note that all other sessions will immediately be able to see the data
once it has been successfully loaded. This violates the normal rules
- of MVCC visibility and users specifying should be aware of the
+ of MVCC visibility and users should be aware of the
potential problems this might cause.
</para>
</listitem>
Separated Value (<literal>CSV</literal>) file format used by many other
programs, such as spreadsheets. Instead of the escaping rules used by
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>'s standard text format, it
- produces and recognizes the common CSV escaping mechanism.
+ produces and recognizes the common <literal>CSV</literal> escaping mechanism.
</para>
<para>
<note>
<para>
- CSV format will both recognize and produce CSV files with quoted
+ <literal>CSV</literal> format will both recognize and produce <literal>CSV</literal> files with quoted
values containing embedded carriage returns and line feeds. Thus
the files are not strictly one line per table row like text-format
files.
<note>
<para>
- Many programs produce strange and occasionally perverse CSV files,
+ Many programs produce strange and occasionally perverse <literal>CSV</literal> files,
so the file format is more a convention than a standard. Thus you
might encounter some files that cannot be imported using this
mechanism, and <command>COPY</command> might produce files that other