it can be a fully new format - designed for simple copy from terminal. Some
like
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no, it was proposed for psql
How is this better than "copy (...) to stdout"? E.g.:
$ copy (select * from pg_class limit 1) to stdout;
2619 pg_statistic 11 12016 0 10 2 2619 0
18 402 18 2840 t f p r 31 0
f f f f f t n f0 478 1
{postgres=arwdDxt/postgres} \N \N
You can still copy the necessary parts (using mouse selection) -
seems that it achieves the the same goal.
Best regards,
Platon Pronko