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The following are scripts I use for pgbench. The scripts assume:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. A database named example<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The tools are located in the folder \/usr\/pgsql-17\/bin\/<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
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