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> Yeah, that's what it will look like if psql is using Apple's libedit
> library; it's unrelated to the server.
>
> I think libedit doesn't support control-r either, not totally sure
> though. In any case there are some known bugs in libedit that Apple's
> not been terribly swift to fix. I'd suggest installing GNU readline
> and linking psql against that instead.
Thanks. compiling with readline solves both problems.