| From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Łukasz Jarych <jaryszek(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Requiring pass and database psql shell command |
| Date: | 2018-03-05 14:33:57 |
| Message-ID: | CAKFQuwZfLK8K9M80YW_awa9FBqQV6PkGGcbsnrUQuW6cRS75aw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 5:55 AM, Łukasz Jarych <jaryszek(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> do you have also problem that every time you have to log into your
> database using shell and psql?
>
> I have to write over and over localhost, username, password...how to force
> shell to remember this?
>
>
Use a service file.
psql "service=mydb" -c "SELECT 1;"
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/libpq-pgservice.html
I also, for scripts, simply define a function at the top of the script
psql_* and invoke that function instead of psql directly.
I use .pgpass for passwords
David J.
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