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Re: [GENERAL] Recalling previous commands at the PSQL prompt

selkovjr@mcs.anl.gov

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From: "Gene Selkov, Jr." <selkovjr@mcs.anl.gov>
To: M.Boekhold@et.tudelft.nl
Cc: "Gnoh, Chee Seng" <csgnoh@intergraph.com.sg>, "PGSQL-General (E-mail)" <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-07-20T14:51:05Z
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Maarten Boekhold wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Gnoh, Chee Seng wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am new to PostgreSQL. I was wondering if there is a way to recall
> > previous commands at the PSQL prompt, this would save me the hassle of
> > typing the same SQL commands again. Thanks in advance.
> 
> Use the up-arrow. If that doesn't work, you probably haven't got
> libreadline/libhistory installed, or they are installed in an unusual
> place where configure couldn't find them.

How about giving psql command history a longer life, like bash does it
(.bash_history)?


Gene