How to select a schema in postgres when using psql?

Question

I have a postgres database with multiple schemas. When I connect to the database from a shell with psql and I run \\dt it uses the default connection s

Answer 1

This is old, but I put exports in my alias for connecting to the db:

alias schema_one.con="PGOPTIONS='--search_path=schema_one' psql -h host -U user -d database etc"

And for another schema:

alias schema_two.con="PGOPTIONS='--search_path=schema_two' psql -h host -U user -d database etc"