Re: psql command line editing

From: Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql command line editing
Date: 2025-02-12 19:44:29
Message-ID: 40bef2b1-62a1-ed-63c0-6487bbcdd133@appl-ecosys.com
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On Wed, 12 Feb 2025, Tom Lane wrote:

> On my machine, Ctrl-Left/Right don't seem to do anything, but the usual
> Emacs combinations Ctrl-A, Ctrl-E, Escape-B, Escape-F and so on work in
> psql. I don't believe I did anything special to configure that. Check your
> local readline documentation.

Tom,

I run psql from a urxvt virtual console, not emacs (which is where I write
scripts.)

> As Adrian notes, there's also \e, which is good for entering
> or editing multi-line queries.

Often when updating table rows I'll modify one string and the row ID so I'll
learn to use \e to move around the string.

Many thanks,

Rich

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