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## Disable the pager for apt search

DevFeed: [Disable the pager for apt search](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/disable-the-pager-for-apt-search-27741.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2026/01/disable-the-pager-for-apt-search/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2026-01-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [apt](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apt.md>), [Debian](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debian.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [apt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apt.md>), [apt-cache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apt-cache.md>), [bash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bash.md>), [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [debian](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [less](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/less.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [pager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pager.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>)

### AI overview

This tutorial explains how to disable the pager used for apt search results on Debian-based systems. It compares older search commands and an environment-variable setting, then recommends a permanent configuration-file change that keeps colorized output.

### Source excerpt

Learn how to disable the annoying pager for apt search results on Debian-based systems, and find the best permanent solution.

## Getting comfortable with psql

DevFeed: [Getting comfortable with psql](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/getting-comfortable-with-psql-41232.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.craigkerstiens.com/2024/11/11/Getting-comfortable-with-psql/>)

Author: Map

Published: 2024-11-11T15:57:56Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Craig Kerstiens](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/craig-kerstiens.md>)

Topics: [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>)

Tags: [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [commands](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commands.md>), [config](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/config.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [pager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pager.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [psql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/psql.md>), [query](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/query.md>), [tables](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tables.md>), [timing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/timing.md>), [vim](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vim.md>)

### AI overview

A practical introduction to getting comfortable with psql, the PostgreSQL command-line interface. It covers utility commands, describing tables, configuration options, query timing, output formatting, pager settings, and editing queries with an external editor.

### Source excerpt

psql is a CLI editor that ships with Postgres. It's incredibly powerful for working with Postgres, and doesn't take too much of a learning curve to start to get comfortable so you can really feel like an expert working with your database. Just a rundown of a few things to get you started: Once connected in psql you can get an idea of all utility commands available with: \? A handy thing I use all the time is \d. \d will describe the tables within database. You can also add a table/index/etc. onto it to describe that specific table such as: \d accounts There are a number of options you can set in your psqlrc (config) file to customize your CLI experience. But you can also toggle those when directly working in psql. \timing will give you the time it took to run your query \x auto will autoformat your text output \pset pager 0 turns off your pager or 1 to turn it back on Oh and for editing a query in your editor of choice. Make sure you set your $EDITOR enviroment variable to the editor of your choice, though the only right choice is vim: \e Just a few things to get you started working with psql. Your browser does not support video

## 'Twas the night before Christmas - SysAdmin Edition

DevFeed: ['Twas the night before Christmas - SysAdmin Edition](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/twas-the-night-before-christmas-sysadmin-edition-30263.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.netmeister.org/blog/sysadmin-xmas.html>)

Published: 2018-12-24T03:07:02Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Signs of Triviality](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signs-of-triviality.md>)

Topics: [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [allowed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/allowed.md>), [christmas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/christmas.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [pager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pager.md>), [sysadmin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sysadmin.md>)

### AI overview

A SysAdmin-themed Christmas poem describes a cloud environment under a deployment moratorium, with no pager alerts and deploys not allowed.

### Source excerpt

'Twas the night of the moratorium, and all through the cloud not a pager was beeping: no deploys were allowed...

## Setting up psql, the PostgreSQL CLI

DevFeed: [Setting up psql, the PostgreSQL CLI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/setting-up-psql-the-postgresql-cli-34576.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tapoueh.org/blog/2017/12/setting-up-psql-the-postgresql-cli/>)

Author: Dimitri Fontaine PostgreSQL Major Contributor; Author

Published: 2017-12-22T14:23:43Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Dimitri Fontaine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dimitri-fontaine.md>)

Topics: [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [console](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/console.md>), [Scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scripting.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>), [Environment Variables](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/environment-variables.md>)

Tags: [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [console](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/console.md>), [environment-variables](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/environment-variables.md>), [history](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/history.md>), [input](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/input.md>), [interactive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interactive.md>), [keyboard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/keyboard.md>), [less](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/less.md>), [pager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pager.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [psql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/psql.md>), [redirection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/redirection.md>), [repl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/repl.md>), [scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scripting.md>), [setup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/setup.md>)

### AI overview

A tutorial on setting up and using psql, PostgreSQL's command-line console. It explains interactive and scripting features, the REPL workflow, and configuration through the psqlrc file and environment variables.

### Source excerpt

PostgreSQL ships with an interactive console with the command line tool named psql. It can be used both for scripting and interactive usage and is moreover quite a powerful tool. Interactive features includes autocompletion, readline support (history searches, modern keyboard movements, etc), input and output redirection, formatted output, and more.