Alternate output format for psql

Question

I am using PostgreSQL 8.4 on Ubuntu. I have a table with columns c1 through cN. The columns are wide enough that selecting all columns causes a row

Answer 1

One interesting thing is we can view the tables horizontally, without folding. we can use PAGER environment variable. psql makes use of it. you can set

export PAGER='/usr/bin/less -S'

or just less -S if its already availble in command line, if not with the proper location. -S to view unfolded lines. you can pass in any custom viewer or other options with it.

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