\\?

Help (list meta-commands)

• \\?
• \\? \\d

\\l

List databases

• \\l
• \\l+

If your Postgres is before v16 it won’t have this command. Instead use:

SELECT datname FROM pg_database;

\\c <DB_NAME>

Short for \\connect. Use this to connect to a specified database.

• \\c mydb
• \\c mydb myuser
• \\c "postgresql://myuser:secret@localhost:5432/mydb"

\\dt

List tables

• \\dt
• \\dt public.*