pspg
Unix pager (with very rich functionality) designed for work with tables. Designed for PostgreSQL, but MySQL is supported too. Works well with pgcli too. Can be used as CSV or TSV viewer too. It supports searching, selecting rows, columns, or block and export selected area to clipboard.
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What it is
Unix pager (with very rich functionality) designed for work with tables. Designed for PostgreSQL, but MySQL is supported too. Works well with pgcli too. Can be used as CSV or TSV viewer too. It supports searching, selecting rows, columns, or block and export selected area to clipboard.
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Where it is used
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What people are saying
And to complement that, I recommend Postgres Pager (https://github.com/okbob/pspg)
felixyz used a recommendation phrase. One indexed comment matches. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.
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Also in these discussions
- asciinema/asciinema · linked in 2 of the same discussions
- burntsushi/ripgrep · linked in 2 of the same discussions
- dbcli/pgcli · linked in 2 of the same discussions
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This week on Hacker News
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Mentions over time
Observed mentions: 2017-09-20 18:30:22 UTC to 2025-01-31 23:14:23 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
19 sourcesPspg: Unix pager designed for work with tables
7 points · Open discussionPostgreSQL and Tabular Data Pager
3 points · Open discussionPspg – Unix pager designed for work with tables and use with PostgreSQL/MySQL
2 points · Open discussionPspg: Table-Aware Pager for PostgreSQL
9 points · Open discussionPspg – Unix pager designed for work with tables
3 points · Open discussionShowing the 15 most recent of 19 sources. Enable JavaScript to search and browse every indexed mention.