This topic is extracted from [1].
As mentioned there, in psql, running \? displays the following lines.
> \gdesc describe result of query, without executing it
> \gexec execute query, then execute each value in its result
> \gset [PREFIX] execute query and store result in psql variables
> \gx [(OPTIONS)] [FILE] as \g, but forces expanded output mode
> \q quit psql
> \watch [[i=]SEC] [c=N] [m=MIN]
!> execute query every SEC seconds, up to N times
!> stop if less than MIN rows are returned
The last two lines definitely have some extra indentation.
I've attached a patch that fixes this.
[1]
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20230830.103356.1909699532104167477.horikyota....@gmail.com
regards.
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Kyotaro Horiguchi
NTT Open Source Software Center
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/help.c b/src/bin/psql/help.c
index 38c165a627..f8eeef8e4e 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/help.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/help.c
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ slashUsage(unsigned short int pager)
HELP0(" \\gx [(OPTIONS)] [FILE] as \\g, but forces expanded output mode\n");
HELP0(" \\q quit psql\n");
HELP0(" \\watch [[i=]SEC] [c=N] [m=MIN]\n");
- HELP0(" execute query every SEC seconds, up to N times\n");
- HELP0(" stop if less than MIN rows are returned\n");
+ HELP0(" execute query every SEC seconds, up to N times\n");
+ HELP0(" stop if less than MIN rows are returned\n");
HELP0("\n");
HELP0("Help\n");
