Re: pasting a lot of commands to psql

Francisco Olarte <folarte@peoplecall.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> I've wished sometimes for a "\set READLINE off" psql metacommand for
>> this kind of thing.  It's pretty annoying when the text being pasted
>> contains tabs and readline uses to do completion.

> Doesn't 'cat | psql ' disable it?

Sure, but you could as well use 'psql -n'.  I think the point is to be
able to turn it on and off without starting a fresh session.  (Admittedly,
maybe there's not a lot of usability gain there.)

            regards, tom lane