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Getopt::Std(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide  Getopt::Std(3p)

NAME
     Getopt::Std, getopt, getopts - Process single-character
     switches with switch clustering

SYNOPSIS
	 use Getopt::Std;

	 getopt('oDI');	   # -o, -D & -I take arg.  Sets $opt_* as a side effect.
	 getopt('oDI', \%opts);	   # -o, -D & -I take arg.  Values in %opts
	 getopts('oif:');  # -o & -i are boolean flags, -f takes an argument
			   # Sets $opt_* as a side effect.
	 getopts('oif:', \%opts);  # options as above. Values in %opts

DESCRIPTION
     The getopt() function processes single-character switches
     with switch clustering.  Pass one argument which is a string
     containing all switches that take an argument.  For each
     switch found, sets $opt_x (where x is the switch name) to
     the value of the argument if an argument is expected, or 1
     otherwise.	 Switches which take an argument don't care
     whether there is a space between the switch and the argu-
     ment.

     The getopts() function is similar, but you should pass to it
     the list of all switches to be recognized.	 If unspecified
     switches are found on the command-line, the user will be
     warned that an unknown option was given.

     Note that, if your code is running under the recommended
     "use strict 'vars'" pragma, you will need to declare these
     package variables with "our":

	 our($opt_x, $opt_y);

     For those of you who don't like additional global variables
     being created, getopt() and getopts() will also accept a
     hash reference as an optional second argument. Hash keys
     will be x (where x is the switch name) with key values the
     value of the argument or 1 if no argument is specified.

     To allow programs to process arguments that look like
     switches, but aren't, both functions will stop processing
     switches when they see the argument "--".	The "--" will be
     removed from @ARGV.

"--help" and "--version"
     If "-" is not a recognized switch letter, getopts() supports
     arguments "--help" and "--version".  If
     "main::HELP_MESSAGE()" and/or "main::VERSION_MESSAGE()" are
     defined, they are called; the arguments are the output file
     handle, the name of option-processing package, its version,
     and the switches string.  If the subroutines are not

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Getopt::Std(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide  Getopt::Std(3p)

     defined, an attempt is made to generate intelligent mes-
     sages; for best results, define $main::VERSION.

     If embedded documentation (in pod format, see perlpod) is
     detected in the script, "--help" will also show how to
     access the documentation.

     Note that due to excessive paranoia, if
     $Getopt::Std::STANDARD_HELP_VERSION isn't true (the default
     is false), then the messages are printed on STDERR, and the
     processing continues after the messages are printed.  This
     being the opposite of the standard-conforming behaviour, it
     is strongly recommended to set
     $Getopt::Std::STANDARD_HELP_VERSION to true.

     One can change the output file handle of the messages by
     setting $Getopt::Std::OUTPUT_HELP_VERSION.	 One can print
     the messages of "--help" (without the "Usage:" line) and
     "--version" by calling functions help_mess() and
     version_mess() with the switches string as an argument.

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