Re: Enhancement to psql command, feedback.

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: John McKown <john(dot)archie(dot)mckown(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Enhancement to psql command, feedback.
Date: 2018-05-09 14:25:35
Message-ID: CAKFQuwaxgcBt=Zb8C+JVPawJS+iGkWPw+90LUACmgGczm2Mx0g@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 7:17 AM, John McKown <john(dot)archie(dot)mckown(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

>
> However, in the second case, the "magic" first line causes psql, at
> present, to report an error and abort. This is why I'd like to modify how
> the file referenced via the -f argument is processed. That is, the first
> line of any file referenced & executed via the -f argument will be ignored
> if and only if it starts with a shebang (#!). If the first line of the file
> does not start with a shebang, it is processed normally as are all
> subsequent lines.
>
>
​Don't forget the \i and \ir meta commands.

David J.

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