Postgres.alias

# PostgreSQL Aliases
# Add these to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_aliases file

# Basic psql connection with default database
alias psql='psql -U postgres'

# List all databases
alias psl='psql -l'

# Connect to a specific database
# Usage: psdb database_name
alias psdb='psql -U postgres -d'

# Backup database
# Usage: pgbackup database_name
alias pgbackup='pg_dump -U postgres -F c -b -v -f'

# Restore database from backup
# Usage: pgrestore backup_file database_name
alias pgrestore='pg_restore -U postgres -d'

# Monitor PostgreSQL processes
alias pgps='psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pid, usename, client_addr, state, query_start, query FROM pg_stat_activity;"'

# Show database sizes
alias pgsize='psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_database.datname, pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size(pg_database.datname)) AS size FROM pg_database ORDER BY pg_database_size(pg_database.datname) DESC;"'

# Show table sizes in current database
alias pgtsize='psql -U postgres -c "SELECT schemaname, relname, pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(relid)) AS total_size FROM pg_catalog.pg_statio_user_tables ORDER BY pg_total_relation_size(relid) DESC;"'

# Kill all connections to a database
# Usage: pgkill database_name
alias pgkill='psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_terminate_backend(pid) FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE datname='\''$1'\'' AND pid <> pg_backend_pid();"'

# Create a new database
# Usage: pgcreate database_name
alias pgcreate='createdb -U postgres'

# Drop a database
# Usage: pgdrop database_name
alias pgdrop='dropdb -U postgres'

# Start PostgreSQL server (adjust path as needed)
alias pgstart='sudo service postgresql start'

# Stop PostgreSQL server
alias pgstop='sudo service postgresql stop'

# Restart PostgreSQL server
alias pgrestart='sudo service postgresql restart'

# Show PostgreSQL server status
alias pgstatus='sudo service postgresql status'

# Tail PostgreSQL logs (adjust path as needed)
alias pglog='sudo tail -f /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-*.log'