psql: Missing option to print current buffer to current output channel (i.e., \qprint)

"\echo" has "\qecho" - I'm basically looking for a "\qprint"

"\write" doesn't apply

The following doesn't work either...

#bash (stock Ubuntu 14.04)
psql --set=query_in_var='SELECT version();' > /dev/null <<'SQL'
\o /tmp/psql-test.txt
\set ECHO queries
--still ends up on stdout, hence the redirect to /dev/null to avoid it
showing on screen along with the cat output below
:query_in_var
\o
SQL
cat /tmp/psql-test.txt

Can anyone offer a reason not to add "\qprint"?

David J.