Question: When using `psql`, `\d <table>` or `select * from XXXX`, after I exit and go back to shell, the information is not there and I need it to do the next command all the time. This is very very annoying. Is there any way to tell `psql` to always display what I just queried and leave it on the screen?

Answer: 
If info is vanishing when you exit the pager, and you don't want it to, change your pager settings. You're probably using `less` as your pager by default. The simplest option is to disable pagination:

```
\pset pager off

```

so results stream out of the terminal directly. You will want to set a rather larger scroll-back buffer in your terminal program if you do this.

Alternately, look at setting the `PAGER` environment variable to something that won't restore the display on pager exit, e.g:

```
export PAGER="less -X"

```

You can also set a custom pager in your `.psqlrc` if you only want it to affect `psql`.
This [thread](http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/52026F48.90901@gmail.com#52026F48.90901@gmail.com) seems relevant (paraphrasing):

```
The pager is probably not set, see here for more info:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/interactive/app-psql.html

```

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