Re: How about a psql backslash command to show GUCs?

On 4/6/22 13:58, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2022-Apr-06, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> However, I very often find myself resorting to the much more tedious
>>
>> select * from pg_settings where name like '%foo%';
>>
>> when I want to see some related parameters, or when I'm a bit
>> fuzzy on the exact name of the parameter.
>
> Been there many times, so +1 for the general idea.
>
>> In the discussion about adding privileges for GUCs [1], there
>> was a proposal to add a new psql backslash command to show GUCs,
>> which could reduce this problem to something like
>>
>> \dcp *foo*
>
> +1. As for command name, I like \show as proposed by Pavel.

+1

I'd love something for the same reasons.

No as sure about \show though. That seems like it could be confused with
showing other stuff. Maybe consistent with \sf[+] and \sv[+] we could
add \sc[+]?

Joe