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\getenv

Gets the value of the environment variable env_var and assigns it to the psql variable psql_var . If env_var is not defined in the psql process's environment, psql_var is not changed. Example:

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

Gets the value of the environment variable env_var and assigns it to the psql variable psql_var . If env_var is not defined in the psql process's environment, psql_var is not changed. Example:

Client: psql 18.6
Case-sensitive spelling: \getenv

Usage

\getenv psql_var env_var

Spellings in this manual definition

Command	Documented suffix modifiers
\getenv	None listed in this signature

Manual definition

\getenv psql_var env_var

Gets the value of the environment variable env_var and assigns it to the psql variable psql_var. If env_var is not defined in the psql process's environment, psql_var is not changed. Example:

=> \getenv home HOME
=> \echo :home
/home/postgres

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Documentation and source

18.6 English manual · app-psql.html

Source build

Version: 18.6
Build: https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
Source fingerprint: ee8d1a3612338fd9adf250730cb640fcc5233b5491337cc00a316a44e3a0b9f8

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PostgreSQL 17 → 18: unchanged.

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