Thread: continuation character for meta commands in psql
Greetings,
I've searched the internet and also the pgsql-general list for an answer to this question, but couldn't find one.
Is there a continuation character for meta commands in psql?
I've seen mention that a caret (^) could be used, but it didn't work correctly and the psql man page makes no mention of it.
I'd like to do something like:
\set PROMPT1 'long prompt code' \
'other long prompt configurations' \
'and more still'
in my .psqlrc file.
What do you folks think?
Thanks for any help or guidance!
-m
On 1/24/20 9:42 AM, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > Greetings, > > I've searched the internet and also the pgsql-general list for an answer > to this question, but couldn't find one. > > Is there a continuation character for meta commands in psql? > > I've seen mention that a caret (^) could be used, but it didn't work > correctly and the psql man page makes no mention of it. > > I'd like to do something like: > > \set PROMPT1 'long prompt code' \ > 'other long prompt configurations' \ > 'and more still' > > in my .psqlrc file. > > What do you folks think? > > Thanks for any help or guidance! See: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/app-psql.html Meta-Commands > > -m -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@aklaver.com
Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu> writes:
> Is there a continuation character for meta commands in psql?
No.
regards, tom lane