`.psqlrc` setting, but hide the debugging message that this setting has turned on

Question

I have configured psql, the PostgreSQL command line client, with ~/.psqlrc file, and I have the line \timing, to show how long queries took. But psql will print a line telling me that it has applied that setting. Can I turn that off?

My current psqlrc:

$ cat ~/.psqlrc 
\pset pager off
\timing

which gives this output on my unix shell (bash):

$ psql -c "select version()"
Pager usage is off.
Timing is on.
 version 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 14.5 (Debian 14.5-1) on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Debian 12.1.0-8) 12.1.0, 64-bit
(1 row)
Time: 0.362 ms

I do not want the Pager usage is off. or Timing is on. messages to be printed. I want the \pager ... and \tim... settings to be quietly applied.

e.g.: I want this output:

$ psql -c "select version()"
 version 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 14.5 (Debian 14.5-1) on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Debian 12.1.0-8) 12.1.0, 64-bit
(1 row)
Time: 0.362 ms

Is this possible?

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I am aware of -X/--no-psqlrc. But I want the setting applied without a debug message:

$ psql -X -c "select version()"
 version 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 14.5 (Debian 14.5-1) on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Debian 12.1.0-8) 12.1.0, 64-bit
(1 row)

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Software versions: psql 14.5, with postgresql 14.5, installed via latest (2022年09月20日) apt on Debian testing/bookworm.

Answer 1

Make the first line in the .psqlrc be

\set QUIET on

And presumably the last line to turn it back off again.