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\s
Print psql 's command line history to filename . If filename is omitted, the history is written to the standard output (using the pager if appropriate). This command is not available if psql was built without Readline support.
Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.
Description
Print psql 's command line history to filename . If filename is omitted, the history is written to the standard output (using the pager if appropriate). This command is not available if psql was built without Readline support.
- Client
- psql 18.6
- Case-sensitive spelling
- \s
Usage
\s [ filename ]Spellings in this manual definition
| Command | Documented suffix modifiers |
|---|---|
| \s | None listed in this signature |
Manual definition
\s [filename]-
Print psql's command line history to
filename. Iffilenameis omitted, the history is written to the standard output (using the pager if appropriate). This command is not available if psql was built without Readline support.
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Documentation and source
Source build
- Version
- 18.6
- Build
- https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
- Source fingerprint
ee8d1a3612338fd9adf250730cb640fcc5233b5491337cc00a316a44e3a0b9f8
Compare versions
PostgreSQL 17 → 18: unchanged.
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Export JSON · Back to psql Commands · Recorded in PostgreSQL 10 through 20; the first sample is not necessarily its introduction.