>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
Tom> Perhaps we could change the back branches so that they interpret Tom> "-f -" as "write to stdout", but without enforcing that you use Tom> that syntax. We should definitely do that. Tom> Alternatively, we could revert the v12 behavior change. On the Tom> whole that might be the wiser course. I do not think the costs and Tom> benefits of this change were all that carefully thought through. Failing to specify -d is a _really fricking common_ mistake for inexperienced users, who may not realize that the fact that they're seeing a ton of SQL on their terminal is not the normal result. Seriously, this comes up on a regular basis on IRC (which is why I suggested initially that we should do something about it). -- Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)