\prompt

Prompts the user to supply text, which is assigned to the variable name . An optional prompt string, text , can be specified. (For multiword prompts, surround the text with single quotes.)

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

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\prompt [ text ] name

Prompts the user to supply text, which is assigned to the variable name. An optional prompt string, text, can be specified. (For multiword prompts, surround the text with single quotes.)

By default, \prompt uses the terminal for input and output. However, if the -f command line switch was used, \prompt uses standard input and standard output.

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\prompt

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