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doc: Clarify psql --list documentation a bit more
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doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml

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<listitem>
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<para>
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List all available databases, then exit. Other non-connection
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options are ignored. If an explicit database name is not
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found the <literal>postgres</literal> database, not the user's,
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will be targeted for connection. This is similar to the meta-command
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options are ignored. This is similar to the meta-command
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<command>\list</command>.
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</para>
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<para>
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When this option is used, <application>psql</application> will connect
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to the database <literal>postgres</literal>, unless a different database
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is named on the command line (option <option>-d</option> or non-option
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argument, possibly via a service entry, but not via an environment
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variable).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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