ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION DROP SEQUENCE
ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY DROP SERVER
ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER DROP TABLE
ALTER TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE DROP TABLESPACE
ALTER TRIGGER DROP TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION
ALTER TYPE DROP TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY
ALTER USER DROP TEXT SEARCH PARSER
ALTER USER MAPPING DROP TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE
ALTER VIEW DROP TRIGGER
ANALYZE DROP TYPE
BEGIN DROP USER
CHECKPOINT DROP USER MAPPING
CLOSE DROP VIEW
CLUSTER END
COMMENT EXECUTE
COMMIT EXPLAIN
COMMIT PREPARED FETCH
COPY GRANT
CREATE AGGREGATE INSERT
CREATE CAST LISTEN
CREATE COLLATION LOAD
CREATE CONVERSION LOCK
CREATE DATABASE MOVE
CREATE DOMAIN NOTIFY
CREATE EXTENSION PREPARE
CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER PREPARE TRANSACTION
CREATE FOREIGN TABLE REASSIGN OWNED
CREATE FUNCTION REINDEX
CREATE GROUP RELEASE SAVEPOINT
CREATE INDEX RESET
CREATE LANGUAGE REVOKE
CREATE OPERATOR ROLLBACK
CREATE OPERATOR CLASS ROLLBACK PREPARED
CREATE OPERATOR FAMILY ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT
CREATE ROLE SAVEPOINT
CREATE RULE SECURITY LABEL
CREATE SCHEMA SELECT
CREATE SEQUENCE SELECT INTO
CREATE SERVER SET
CREATE TABLE SET CONSTRAINTS
\copyright show PostgreSQL usage and distribution terms
\g [FILE] or ; execute query (and send results to file or |pipe)
\h [NAME] help on syntax of SQL commands, * for all commands
\q quit psql
Query Buffer
\e [FILE] [LINE] edit the query buffer (or file) with external editor
\ef [FUNCNAME [LINE]] edit function definition with external editor
\p show the contents of the query buffer
\r reset (clear) the query buffer
\s [FILE] display history or save it to file
\w FILE write query buffer to file
Input/Output
\copy ... perform SQL COPY with data stream to the client host
\echo [STRING] write string to standard output
\i FILE execute commands from file
\o [FILE] send all query results to file or |pipe
\qecho [STRING] write string to query output stream (see \o)
Informational
(options: S = show system objects, + = additional detail)
\d[S+] list tables, views, and sequences
\d[S+] NAME describe table, view, sequence, or index
\da[S] [PATTERN] list aggregates
\db[+] [PATTERN] list tablespaces
\dc[S] [PATTERN] list conversions
\dC [PATTERN] list casts
\dd[S] [PATTERN] show comments on objects
\ddp [PATTERN] list default privileges
\dD[S] [PATTERN] list domains
\det[+] [PATTERN] list foreign tables
\des[+] [PATTERN] list foreign servers
\deu[+] [PATTERN] list user mappings
\dew[+] [PATTERN] list foreign-data wrappers
\df[antw][S+] [PATRN] list [only agg/normal/trigger/window] functions
\dF[+] [PATTERN] list text search configurations
\dFd[+] [PATTERN] list text search dictionaries
\dFp[+] [PATTERN] list text search parsers
Formatting
\a toggle between unaligned and aligned output mode
\C [STRING] set table title, or unset if none
\f [STRING] show or set field separator for unaligned query output
\H toggle HTML output mode (currently off)
\pset NAME [VALUE] set table output option
(NAME := {format|border|expanded|fieldsep|footer|null|
numericlocale|recordsep|tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager})
\t [on|off] show only rows (currently off)
\T [STRING] set HTML tag attributes, or unset if none
\x [on|off] toggle expanded output (currently off)
Connection
\c[onnect] [DBNAME|- USER|- HOST|- PORT|-]
connect to new database (currently "postgres")
\encoding [ENCODING] show or set client encoding
\password [USERNAME] securely change the password for a user
\conninfo display information about current connection
Operating System
\cd [DIR] change the current working directory
\timing [on|off] toggle timing of commands (currently off)
\! [COMMAND] execute command in shell or start interactive shell
Variables
\prompt [TEXT] NAME prompt user to set internal variable
\set [NAME [VALUE]] set internal variable, or list all if no parameters
\unset NAME unset (delete) internal variable
Large Objects
\lo_export LOBOID FILE
\lo_import FILE [COMMENT]
\lo_list
\lo_unlink LOBOID large object operations