how can I shut off "more"?

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#1Gauthier, Dave
dave.gauthier@intel.com

When I run a query, and the number of lines exceeds what the screen can
hold, the results seem to get piped into "more" (or "less"). How can I
turn that off and just have everything stream out without stopping? I
tried -echo-all, but that doesn't seem to do the trick.

Thanks in Advance !

#2A. Kretschmer
andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com
In reply to: Gauthier, Dave (#1)
Re: how can I shut off "more"?

am Wed, dem 31.10.2007, um 17:14:02 -0400 mailte Gauthier, Dave folgendes:

When I run a query, and the number of lines exceeds what the screen can hold,
the results seem to get piped into ?more? (or ?less?). How can I turn that off
and just have everything stream out without stopping? I tried ?echo-all, but
that doesn?t seem to do the trick.

Read this:
http://merlinmoncure.blogspot.com/2007/10/better-psql-with-less.html

Andreas
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#3Filip Rembiałkowski
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In reply to: Gauthier, Dave (#1)
Re: how can I shut off "more"?

2007/10/31, Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@intel.com>:

When I run a query, and the number of lines exceeds what the screen can
hold, the results seem to get piped into "more" (or "less"). How can I
turn that off and just have everything stream out without stopping? I tried
–echo-all, but that doesn't seem to do the trick.

man psql
search for 'pager'

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