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		cgh on Nov 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Psql command line tutorial and cheat sheet A good tutorial for a tool I use every day. I'd add a couple of things: 1. Up/down arrows to scroll through command history 2. \timing will show the execution time of sql commands 3. \watch N allows you to repeat commands every N seconds, very handy in certain situations

tomcam on Nov 16, 2020 [–]

Thanks a ton. I have added sections for all of them.

Up/down errors: https://github.com/tomcam/postgres#scrolling-through-the-com...

\timing: https://github.com/tomcam/postgres#timing

\tWatch https://github.com/tomcam/postgres#watch

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