I don't understand following behavior of psql:-)
This is PostgreSQL 7.1.2 on Linux.
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Tatsuo Ishii

$ psql pgimage
Welcome to psql, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Type:  \copyright for distribution terms
       \h for help with SQL commands
       \? for help on internal slash commands
       \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
       \q to quit

pgimage=# \lo
       List of databases
 Database  |  Owner  | Encoding 
-----------+---------+----------
 ascii     | t-ishii | EUC_JP
 foo       | t-ishii | EUC_JP
 foo1      | t-ishii | EUC_JP
 latin1    | t-ishii | LATIN2
 pgimage   | t-ishii | EUC_JP
 template0 | t-ishii | EUC_JP
 template1 | t-ishii | EUC_JP
 test      | t-ishii | EUC_JP
 testdb2   | t-ishii | EUC_JP
(9 rows)

\l: extra argument 'o' ignored
pgimage-# \lo_list
     Large objects
   ID    | Description 
---------+-------------
 2401715 | 
 2401723 | 
 2401726 | 
 2401739 | 
 2401742 | 
 2401754 | 
 2401757 | 
(7 rows)

pgimage-# select * from pg_database;
ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "m"
pgimage=# 

Responses

• Re: psql bug or feature? at 2001-06-06 14:45:46 from Peter Eisentraut
• Re: psql bug or feature? at 2001-06-06 15:08:38 from Tom Lane

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