gistfile1.txt

wulczer=# select * from long_columns ;
                       t1                        |                                          t2                                          |                                           t3                                            
-------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 some long text that doesn't fit in the terminal | other rather longish text, which in fact can overflow even my laptop's screen length | yet more long text, which at a measly three columns is enough to make things unreadable
(1 row)


wulczer=# \x
Expanded display is on.
wulczer=# select * from long_columns ;
-[ RECORD 1 ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
t1 | some long text that doesn't fit in the terminal
t2 | other rather longish text, which in fact can overflow even my laptop's screen length
t3 | yet more long text, which at a measly three columns is enough to make things unreadable