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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
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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.