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It’s also faster to type.

• eYrKEC2 2y ago
  Not after you have to google, "What's the equivalent of `show tables` in postgres?", because the psql command names are completely arbitrary.
  • fhdsgbbcaA 2y ago
    Which you need to do exactly once.
    • kalleboo 2y ago
      I need to manually admin my database server maybe once every 2 years or so. Definitely not remembering them 2 years later.
      • dventimi 2y ago
        Sounds like a YP
  • deleted 2y ago
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  • Symbiote 2y ago
    They are clearly abbreviations. \c is for connect. \dt is for describe tables.
  • mxey 2y ago
    \? shows the help
  • ahoka 2y ago
    They kinda make sense if you consider that Postgres was not an SQL database in the beginning. Quirky though.