On 2/12/25 10:50, Rich Shepard wrote:
My web searches suggest that using the psql command line I'm limited to
moving the cursor one character at a time. Is there a way to use a small
editor, e.g., joe on linux, to move by words or to the begining and end of
the line?
From:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-psql.html
"\e or \edit [ filename ] [ line_number ]
If filename is specified, the file is edited; after the editor
exits, the file's content is copied into the current query buffer. If no
filename is given, the current query buffer is copied to a temporary
file which is then edited in the same fashion. Or, if the current query
buffer is empty, the most recently executed query is copied to a
temporary file and edited in the same fashion.
If you edit a file or the previous query, and you quit the editor
without modifying the file, the query buffer is cleared. Otherwise, the
new contents of the query buffer are re-parsed according to the normal
rules of psql, treating the whole buffer as a single line. Any complete
queries are immediately executed; that is, if the query buffer contains
or ends with a semicolon, everything up to that point is executed and
removed from the query buffer. Whatever remains in the query buffer is
redisplayed. Type semicolon or \g to send it, or \r to cancel it by
clearing the query buffer.
Treating the buffer as a single line primarily affects
meta-commands: whatever is in the buffer after a meta-command will be
taken as argument(s) to the meta-command, even if it spans multiple
lines. (Thus you cannot make meta-command-using scripts this way. Use \i
for that.)
If a line number is specified, psql will position the cursor on the
specified line of the file or query buffer. Note that if a single
all-digits argument is given, psql assumes it is a line number, not a
file name.
"
TIA,
Rich
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Adrian Klaver
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