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How to Fix Pg_ctl command not found

Sometimes after a fresh PostgreSQL install if we want to start or stop from PostgreSQL rather than controlling the PostgreSQL instance start and stop from the root. And when we run the pg_ctl from the command prompt as a PostgreSQL Linux user we see the error bash: pg_ctl: command not foundโ€ฆ

In this article, lets learn how to fix it

As PostgreSQL check your pg base directory

And now add this PostgreSQL to the Linux path so that itโ€™s always available. I would recommand to create a postgresql env. file so that it more easy to handle rather than messing with other systems runing on linux operating system.

see detailed stpes:

https://thedbadmin.com/how-to-fix-pg_ctl-command-not-found/

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