Re: psql 7.2.1: \d (alone) missing from \? - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

>   Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
>   >
>   > This problem is so simple, the subject pretty much says it all.  For
>   > the sake of completeness, I'm running PostgreSQL 7.2.1 as supplied by
>   > RedHat in their 7.3 release for i386.  This bug report pertains only
>   > to the psql front end.
>   >
>   > The command
>   >
>   > \d
>   >
>   > all by itself (with no arguments) lists all relations along with the
>   > type and owner.  This fact is, however, not mentioned in the help
>   > message you get with \?, which lists loads of other things you can
>   > with \d but forgets to mention \d all by itself.
>
>   I see it in psql 7.2.1 with \?:
>
>       \d [NAME]      describe table (or view, index, sequence)
>
>   Don't you have that line?

No.  I have

 \d TABLE       describe table (or view, index, sequence)

but it gives no indication that TABLE is optional or of what happens
if you omit it.  Here's the output of my \?.

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 \a             toggle between unaligned and aligned output mode
 \c[onnect] [DBNAME|- [USER]]
                connect to new database (currently "acb2002")
 \C TITLE       set table title
 \cd [DIRNAME]  change the current working directory
 \copy ...      perform SQL COPY with data stream to the client host
 \copyright     show PostgreSQL usage and distribution terms
 \d TABLE       describe table (or view, index, sequence)
 \d{t|i|s|v}... list tables/indexes/sequences/views
 \d{p|S|l}      list access privileges, system tables, or large objects
 \da            list aggregate functions
 \dd NAME       show comment for table, type, function, or operator
 \df            list functions
 \do            list operators
 \dT            list data types
 \e FILENAME    edit the current query buffer or file with external editor
 \echo TEXT     write text to standard output
 \encoding ENCODING  set client encoding
 \f STRING      set field separator
 \g FILENAME    send SQL command to server (and write results to file or |pipe)
 \h NAME        help on syntax of SQL commands, * for all commands
 \H             toggle HTML output mode (currently off)
 \i FILENAME    execute commands from file
 \l             list all databases
 \lo_export, \lo_import, \lo_list, \lo_unlink
                large object operations
 \o FILENAME    send all query results to file or |pipe
 \p             show the content of the current query buffer
 \pset VAR      set table output option (VAR := {format|border|expanded|
                fieldsep|null|recordsep|tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager})
 \q             quit psql
 \qecho TEXT    write text to query output stream (see \o)
 \r             reset (clear) the query buffer
 \s FILENAME    print history or save it to file
 \set NAME VALUE  set internal variable
 \t             show only rows (currently off)
 \T TEXT        set HTML table tag attributes
 \unset NAME    unset (delete) internal variable
 \w FILENAME    write current query buffer to file
 \x             toggle expanded output (currently off)
 \z             list table access privileges
 \! [COMMAND]   execute command in shell or start interactive shell

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Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>
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