>For kicks, how about \echo or \! Something that doesn't need a server to work.
Sure: those do work.
doom@tango:~$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql --dbname=doom --username=doom
psql (9.6.1)
Type "help" for help.
doom=# select 'hello' as world;
doom=# \echo 'yo'
yo
doom=# \! ls -lad p*
drwxr-xr-x 1 doom doom 12 Nov 16 12:29 perl5
On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 7:48 PM, David G. Johnston
<david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, December 3, 2016, Joseph Brenner <doomvox@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> doom=# select 'hello' as world;
>> doom=#
>>
>> Nothing else gives me any output either: \l, \du, etc.
>>
>
> For kicks, how about \echo or \! Something that doesn't need a server to
> work.
>
> David J,
