19.20. Short Options
For convenience there are also single letter command-line option switches available for some parameters. They are described in Table 19.5. Some of these options exist for historical reasons, and their presence as a single-letter option does not necessarily indicate an endorsement to use the option heavily.
Table 19.5. Short Option Key
| Short Option | Equivalent | 
|---|---|
-B  | shared_buffers =  | 
-d  | log_min_messages = DEBUG | 
-e | datestyle = euro | 
-fb, -fh, -fi, -fm, -fn, -fo, -fs, -ft | enable_bitmapscan = off, enable_hashjoin = off, enable_indexscan = off, enable_mergejoin = off, enable_nestloop = off, enable_indexonlyscan = off, enable_seqscan = off, enable_tidscan = off | 
-F | fsync = off | 
-h  | listen_addresses =  | 
-i | listen_addresses = '*' | 
-k  | unix_socket_directories =  | 
-l | ssl = on | 
-N  | max_connections =  | 
-O | allow_system_table_mods = on | 
-p  | port =  | 
-P | ignore_system_indexes = on | 
-s | log_statement_stats = on | 
-S  | work_mem =  | 
-tpa, -tpl, -te | log_parser_stats = on, log_planner_stats = on, log_executor_stats = on | 
-W  | post_auth_delay =  |