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Disable paging in postgresql
\pset pager off
Connect to a database
\c database_name
Show tables and sequences in current schema
\d
Describe a table
\d table_name
Show only tables with their size (+) in current schema
\dt+
Show databases with their privileges and size (+)
\l+
Show available schemas
\dn
Return back to shell
\q
List users and their access privileges on databases
\du
List default access privileges
\ddp
List tables, views and sequences with their associated access privileges
\dp
List of roles
SELECT rolname FROM pg_roles;
Detail of a role
SELECT * FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname = '...'
Which version of PostgreSQL am I running? src
If you're using CLI and you're a postgres user, then you can do this:
psql -c "SELECT version();"
Creating a copy of a database in PostgreSQL.
# backup
pg_dumpall > db.out
# restore
# (might requires some DROP DATABASE xxx if you do want to replace existing data with same db and table names.
psql -f db.out postgres