PCURSE(1)

NAME
pcurse - Monitor Postgres databases

SYNOPSIS
 $ pcurse  [options]   [dbname]   [user]
 for example:
 $ pcurse -h localhost  template1  john  --passwd apple

  options
      --passwd      Default is read from ~/.pgpass
      --dbname      Default is template1
      --host        Default is localhost
      --user        Default is getlogin()
      --port        Default is 5432

DESCRIPTION
pcurse(1) monitors a Postgres database cluster. It shows statistics on tables, indexes, vacuuming, buffers, etc,.

INVOCATION

USAGE
It is too simple:

1. Select a 'MODE' from the menu.
   To navigate, use arrow keys, the vi keys (j ,k , m ), or ENTER .
   TAB (or 'l') moves you to the next window.

2. Most modes requires to select a namespace from the the 'Schemas' listbox.
   Use arrows, vi keys, ENTER (or SPACE, or ' ' ) seals the selection.
   Press 'd' to view more acl permissions on schema
   TAB (or 'l') moves you to the button window.

3. The results are displayed in the bottom window.
   Use arrows, vi keys, ENTER (or SPACE, or ' ' ) seals the selection.
   Pressing 'd' to view more results.
   Ctrl-H displays Help screen
   Ctrl-F appends the contents of the bottom display to /tmp/pcurse.out
   In tables mode Ctrl-L displays the last 20 updates in table
   In tables and database mode Ctrl-A analyses at table or database
   In tables and database mode Ctrl-V analyses at table or database
   Press 'd' to exit from any of the above tables.
   TBB (or 'l') takes you back to the starting menu.

4. Press 'q' to quit the program. Thank you for flying Pcurse!

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR
Ioannis Tambouras, <ioannis@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2008 by Ioannis Tambouras

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms of GPLv3