Disable wrapping in Psql output

Question

When using Psql in Linux, if the result of my SQL query contains many columns or long strings of data, it will wrap the initial view and only once I scroll to the side will it s

Answer 1

Psql uses a system viewer to show its output in the console. In bash it likely uses less for the scrollable/page-able features it provides. To use a different viewer or use different settings, you just need to set the PAGER environment variable.

Running psql to use less with the -S or --chop-long-lines option seemed to work for me:

PAGER="less -S" psql

You can also enable this feature while viewing output in less by typing -S and Enter.