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PostgreSQL command line cheatsheet

PSQL

Magic words:

psql -U postgres

Some interesting flags (to see all, use -h or --help depending on your psql version):

  • -E: will describe the underlaying queries of the \ commands (cool for learning!)
  • -l: psql will list all databases and then exit (useful if the user you connect with doesn't has a default database, like at AWS RDS)

Set the base image to Ubuntu must be first instruction - use docker search to find images

FROM ubuntu # <image>
FROM ubuntu:latest # - <image>:<tag>
FROM ubuntu:precise (LTS)

Set the maintainer info