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\print

Print the current query buffer to the standard output. If the current query buffer is empty, the most recently executed query is printed instead.

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

Print the current query buffer to the standard output. If the current query buffer is empty, the most recently executed query is printed instead.

Client: psql 18.6
Case-sensitive spelling: \print

Usage

\p or \print

Spellings in this manual definition

Command	Documented suffix modifiers
\p	None listed in this signature
\print	None listed in this signature

Manual definition

\p or \print: Print the current query buffer to the standard output. If the current query buffer is empty, the most recently executed query is printed instead.

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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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