Postgresql -bash: psql: command not found

Question

I have installed PostgreSQL and it is working ok. However, when I went to restore a backup I got the error -bash: psql: command not found:

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Answer 1

The question is for linux but I had the same issue with git bash on my Windows machine.

My pqsql is installed here: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\10\bin\psql.exe

You can add the location of psql.exe to your Path environment variable as shown in this screenshot:

You might need to change default logging user using below command.

psql -U postgres

Here postgres is the username. Without -U, it will pick the windows loggedin user.