> would probably become the #1 database server > if administration tasks like SHOW DATABASES weren't > accomplished through \l If you type \?, then psql li

> would probably become the #1 database server > if administration tasks like SHOW DATABASES weren't > accomplished through \l If you type \?, then psql lists all of the commands, and it's not hard at all to remember the ones you use the most. For the ones you use less often, there's \?. For the programmer who chafes at such terse command-line syntax, I imagine that they're the type of developer who wouldn't use psql at all, but instead one of the many graphical tools that list databases and so forth on start-up for you.