[[using-shell-options-short]]
=== Short Format
ifndef::snippets[:snippets: ../../test/java/org/springframework/shell/docs]

Short style _POSIX_ option is usually just a synonym to long format. As
shown below option `--arg` is equal to `-a`.

[source,java,indent=0,role="primary"]
.Programmatic
----
include::{snippets}/ShortOptionSnippets.java[tag=option-type-string-programmatic]
----

[source,java,indent=0,role="secondary"]
.Annotation
----
include::{snippets}/ShortOptionSnippets.java[tag=option-type-string-annotation]
----

[source,java,indent=0,role="secondary"]
.Legacy Annotation
----
include::{snippets}/ShortOptionSnippets.java[tag=option-type-string-legacyannotation]
----

Short option with combined format is powerful if type is defined as a flag
which means type is a _boolean_. That way you can define a presence of a flags
as `-abc`, `-abc true` or `-abc false`.

[source,java,indent=0,role="primary"]
.Programmatic
----
include::{snippets}/ShortOptionSnippets.java[tag=option-type-multiple-booleans-programmatic]
----

[source,java,indent=0,role="secondary"]
.Annotation
----
include::{snippets}/ShortOptionSnippets.java[tag=option-type-multiple-booleans-annotation]
----

[source,java,indent=0,role="secondary"]
.Legacy Annotation
----
include::{snippets}/ShortOptionSnippets.java[tag=option-type-multiple-booleans-legacyannotation]
----
