Starting Postgres

Name of the server	postgres
Name of the client	psql
Typical command line to start the client	psql -h server -d dbname -U username server the internet address of a computer running the server dbname the name of the database to use username database user name
Useful commands	\? \dt \i file.sql \c otherdbname
Beware!	If results are wide the format is unreadable. \pset pager

Thanks to Nicola Boni from Italy for supplying this.