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Add psql \prompt capability.

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Chad Wagner
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Bruce Momjian
2007-02-23 18:20:59 +00:00
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doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.186 2007/02/21 23:22:42 momjian Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.187 2007/02/23 18:20:58 momjian Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
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</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>\prompt [ <replaceable class="parameter">text</replaceable> ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Prompts the user to set variable <replaceable
class="parameter">name</>. An optional prompt, <replaceable
class="parameter">text</>, can be specified. (For multi-word
prompts, use single-quotes.)
</para>
<para>
By default, <literal>\prompt</> uses the terminal for input and
output. However, if the <option>-f</> command line switch is
used, <literal>\prompt</> uses standard input and standard output.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>\pset <replaceable class="parameter">parameter</replaceable> [ <replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable> ]</literal></term>