vielhuber

# best practice: linux
nano ~/.pgpass
*:5432:*:username:password
chmod 0600 ~/.pgpass

# best practice: windows
edit %APPDATA%\postgresql\pgpass.conf
*:5432:*:username:password

# linux

Kartones

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)