Re: pg_utility ?

From: Darafei "Komяpa" Praliaskouski <me(at)komzpa(dot)net>
To: Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>
Cc: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_utility ?
Date: 2025-11-23 09:46:07
Message-ID: CAC8Q8tLHQVJHvured3s0WOwYxSC3QwQukQKs8rdk73JBuN-KKg@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se> wrote:

> On 11/20/25 10:31 AM, Christoph Berg wrote:
> > Re: Andreas Karlsson
> >>> Perhaps pg_util? ("pg" is taken by that classic pager thingy.)
> >>
> >> I like the name pg_util. In the MySQL world it is called mysqladmin,
> which
> >> is a does of pg_ctl and tools like createdb.
> >
> > "pg_adm" would also be a candidate. (Or is that too close to pgadmin?)
>
> Yeah, that would be way too confusing.
>
>
For the sake of simpler dictation over voice media when debugging over
phone can we please have no underscore in the command, it adds an extra
word to say.

Maybe consider:
- pgdo (pgdo vacuum table ...., as in sudo)
- pgops (pgops repack table ...)

Thanks,
Darafei.

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