Re: Requiring pass and database psql shell command

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 5:55 AM, Łukasz Jarych <jaryszek@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> do you have also problem that every time you have to log into your
> database using shell and psql?
>
> I have to write over and over localhost, username, password...how to force
> shell to remember this?
>
>
​Use a service file.​

psql "service=mydb" -c "SELECT 1;"

​https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/libpq-pgservice.html

I also, for scripts, simply define a function at the top of the script
psql_* and invoke that function instead of psql directly.

I use .pgpass for passwords

David J.