This is geared toward debian linux users.

Connecting to Postgres and looking around.

• Log into your postgres instance with sudo -u postgres psql
• You should see the psql prompt

~/repos/chorelist$ sudo -u postgres psql
psql (14.6 (Ubuntu 14.6-0ubuntu0.22.04.1))
Type "help" for help.

postgres=#

• \?: list of possible commands and short descriptions. This should be...

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