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.TH PSQL UNIX 1/20/96 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH NAME
psql - run the interactive query front-end
environment variable or, if that's not set, to the Unix account name of the
current user.
.PP
+When
+.IR "psql"
+starts, it reads SQL commands from
+.IR "/etc/psqlrc"
+and then from
+.IR "$(HOME)/.psqlrc"
+This allows SQL commands like
+.IR SET
+which can be used to set the date style to be run at the start of
+evry session.
+.PP
.IR "psql"
understands the following command-line options:
.TP