\echo

Prints the evaluated arguments to standard output, separated by spaces and followed by a newline. This can be useful to intersperse information in the output of scripts. For example:

Reading PG 18·Select a recorded version

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Client: psql 18.7
Case-sensitive spelling: \echo
command: \echo
manual path: app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-META-COMMAND-ECHO
modifiers: Unknown
signature: \echo text [ ... ]
spellings: \echo

Definition PG 18

\echo text [ ... ]

Prints the evaluated arguments to standard output, separated by spaces and followed by a newline. This can be useful to intersperse information in the output of scripts. For example:

=> \echo `date`
Tue Oct 26 21:40:57 CEST 1999

If the first argument is an unquoted -n the trailing newline is not written (nor is the first argument).

Tip

If you use the \o command to redirect your query output you might wish to use \qecho instead of this command. See also \warn.

Exact case-sensitive spellings

\echo

Spellings in this manual definition

Command	Documented suffix modifiers
\echo	None listed in this signature

Compare versions

Complete source facts

documentation revision

{"inputs":[{"file":"app-psql.html","kind":"same-version-reviewed-manual","locale":"en","sha256":"af50448485df02bdef2b72b8347192ba029c7082b8d0392ecb17db44ad533aaf","version":"18.7"},{"file":"app-psql.html","kind":"same-version-reviewed-manual","locale":"zh-Hans","sha256":"cb475c53a16d9e06358f5e6c9c5649645db92568cfd319f230c62c9f57ae090b","version":"18.7"}],"release":"18.7","runtime_remeasured":false,"source_revision":"pgdoc:b9f0e7232f60f380d642ac9b99226606c254b552"}

Source references

Full definition and evidence JSON

Definition sources

center · PostgreSQL 18 · 1b2d62b4845aa46374f2cb680f95d3392322cc8128646992ae4e18d0e7084915

Text language: en · 1b2d62b4845aa46374f2cb680f95d3392322cc8128646992ae4e18d0e7084915