Re: \prompt for psql

Chad Wagner wrote:
> This adds the ability to "prompt" for internal variable input, below
> are examples:
>
> test=# \prompt x
> Enter value for "x": 3

You can do this already approximately so:

\echo -n 'Enter value: '
\set x `read && echo $REPLY`

Maybe one command is better, though.

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Peter Eisentraut
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