Export image file from bytea column

I am trying to export an image file from a PostgreSQL database.The users_data_circulation table has a photo (bytea) column. My command: copy (select encode(photo,'hex') from users_data_circulation limit 1) TO '/tmp/imagetest.hext'; In operating system: $> xxd -p -r /tmp/imagetest.hex > /tmp/imagetest.jpg $> file /tmp/imagetest.jpg /tmp/imagetest.jpg: ASCII TEXT I can't open the jpg file. How can I convert this file to jpg? devinim@devinimpostgresql:~$ hexdump -C /tmp/image.hex | more 00000000 5c 5c 33 37 37 5c 5c 33 33 30 5c 5c 33 37 37 5c |\\377\\330\\377\| 00000010 5c 33 34 30 5c 5c 30 30 30 10 4a 46 49 46 5c 5c |\340\\000.JFIF\\| 00000020 30 30 30 01 02 5c 5c 30 30 30 5c 5c 30 30 30 01 |000..\\000\\000.| 00000030 5c 5c 30 30 30 01 5c 5c 30 30 30 5c 5c 30 30 30 |\\000.\\000\\000| 00000040 5c 5c 33 37 37 5c 5c 33 34 31 5c 5c 30 30 30 5c |\\377\\341\\000\| 00000050 76 50 49 43 5c 5c 30 30 30 02 5c 6e 5c 6e 01 5c |vPIC\\000.\n\n.\| 00000060 5c 30 30 30 5c 5c 33 37 37 5c 5c 33 37 36 5c 5c |\000\\377\\376\\| 00000070 30 30 30 21 50 69 63 74 75 72 65 20 45 6c 65 6d |000!Picture Elem| 00000080 65 6e 74 73 2c 20 49 6e 63 2e 20 49 53 45 2f 53 |ents, Inc. ISE/S| ... continues like that