运行带有-E标志的psql将响应内部用于实现的查询\dt和类似：

sudo -u postgres psql -E

postgres=# \dt       
********* QUERY **********
SELECT n.nspname as "Schema",
c.relname as "Name", 
CASE c.relkind WHEN 'r' THEN 'table' WHEN 'v' THEN 'view' WHEN 'i' THEN 'index' WHEN 'S' THEN 'sequence' WHEN 's' THEN 'special' END as "Type",
pg_catalog.pg_get_userbyid(c.relowner) as "Owner"
FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c
    LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace
WHERE c.relkind IN ('r','')
    AND n.nspname <> 'pg_catalog'
    AND n.nspname <> 'information_schema'
    AND n.nspname !~ '^pg_toast'
AND pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(c.oid)
ORDER BY 1,2;        
**************************

如果您在PostgreSQL中使用pgAdmin4，可以使用它来显示数据库中的表：

select * from information_schema.tables where table_schema='public';

使用psql:\dt

Or:

SELECT c.relname AS Tables_in FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c
        LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace
WHERE pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(c.oid)
        AND c.relkind = 'r'
        AND relname NOT LIKE 'pg_%'
ORDER BY 1

从psql命令行界面，

首先，选择数据库

\c database_name

然后，这将显示当前模式中的所有表：

\dt

编程（当然也可以从psql接口）：

SELECT * FROM pg_catalog.pg_tables;

系统表位于pg_catalog数据库中。

（MySQL）显示当前数据库的表列表

show tables;

（PostgreSQL）显示当前数据库的表列表

select * from pg_catalog.pg_tables where schemaname='public';

（为完整起见）

您还可以查询（SQL标准）信息架构：

SELECT
    table_schema || '.' || table_name
FROM
    information_schema.tables
WHERE
    table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
AND
    table_schema NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'information_schema');