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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: BUG #18731: The psql \d command does not exactly match but can be
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PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> I accidentally found that the \d command in psql does not match exactly, but
> it can be executed. Just like the demo below.

Yeah, this is true for the entire \d family: trailing garbage in the
command name doesn't really matter.  I'm not excited about trying
to tighten that up; we'd likely get more complaints than kudos.

			regards, tom lane