On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 11:49:44AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Philippe Beaudoin <philippe.beaud...@dalibo.com> writes: > > Le 13/07/2020 à 17:45, David G. Johnston a écrit : > >> If it is only \copy that is an exception I’d rather just say (except > >> \copy} and not have the user meticulously read each item for the > >> single exception. This extends to if there are a few. > > > As far as I know, the \! metacommand is another exception. But I don't > > know if there are some others. > > Looking at the psql source code, the commands that use OT_WHOLE_LINE > argument parsing are > > \copy > \ef, \ev > \sf, \sv > \help > \!
FYI, the way I got around \! not interpolating psql variables is to use \setenv and then reference the variable in \!, e.g.: test=> \setenv x y test=> \! echo $x y -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EnterpriseDB https://enterprisedb.com The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness, Bruce Lee