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131.IX Title "Getopt::Std 3"
132.TH Getopt::Std 3 "2001-09-21" "perl v5.8.8" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
133.SH "NAME"
134getopt, getopts \- Process single\-character switches with switch clustering
135.SH "SYNOPSIS"
136.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
137.Vb 1
138\& use Getopt::Std;
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140.PP
141.Vb 5
142\& getopt('oDI'); # -o, -D & -I take arg. Sets $opt_* as a side effect.
143\& getopt('oDI', \e%opts); # -o, -D & -I take arg. Values in %opts
144\& getopts('oif:'); # -o & -i are boolean flags, -f takes an argument
145\& # Sets $opt_* as a side effect.
146\& getopts('oif:', \e%opts); # options as above. Values in %opts
147.Ve
148.SH "DESCRIPTION"
149.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
150The \fIgetopt()\fR function processes single-character switches with switch
151clustering. Pass one argument which is a string containing all switches
152that take an argument. For each switch found, sets \f(CW$opt_x\fR (where x is the
153switch name) to the value of the argument if an argument is expected,
154or 1 otherwise. Switches which take an argument don't care whether
155there is a space between the switch and the argument.
156.PP
157The \fIgetopts()\fR function is similar, but you should pass to it the list of all
158switches to be recognized. If unspecified switches are found on the
159command\-line, the user will be warned that an unknown option was given.
160.PP
161Note that, if your code is running under the recommended \f(CW\*(C`use strict
162\&'vars'\*(C'\fR pragma, you will need to declare these package variables
163with \*(L"our\*(R":
164.PP
165.Vb 1
166\& our($opt_x, $opt_y);
167.Ve
168.PP
169For those of you who don't like additional global variables being created, \fIgetopt()\fR
170and \fIgetopts()\fR will also accept a hash reference as an optional second argument.
171Hash keys will be x (where x is the switch name) with key values the value of
172the argument or 1 if no argument is specified.
173.PP
174To allow programs to process arguments that look like switches, but aren't,
175both functions will stop processing switches when they see the argument
176\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-\*(C'\fR. The \f(CW\*(C`\-\-\*(C'\fR will be removed from \f(CW@ARGV\fR.
177.ie n .SH """\-\-help""\fP and \f(CW""\-\-version"""
178.el .SH "\f(CW\-\-help\fP and \f(CW\-\-version\fP"
179.IX Header "--help and --version"
180If \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR is not a recognized switch letter, \fIgetopts()\fR supports arguments
181\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-help\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`\-\-version\*(C'\fR. If \f(CW\*(C`main::HELP_MESSAGE()\*(C'\fR and/or
182\&\f(CW\*(C`main::VERSION_MESSAGE()\*(C'\fR are defined, they are called; the arguments are
183the output file handle, the name of option-processing package, its version,
184and the switches string. If the subroutines are not defined, an attempt is
185made to generate intelligent messages; for best results, define \f(CW$main::VERSION\fR.
186.PP
187If embedded documentation (in pod format, see perlpod) is detected
188in the script, \f(CW\*(C`\-\-help\*(C'\fR will also show how to access the documentation.
189.PP
190Note that due to excessive paranoia, if \f(CW$Getopt::Std::STANDARD_HELP_VERSION\fR
191isn't true (the default is false), then the messages are printed on \s-1STDERR\s0,
192and the processing continues after the messages are printed. This being
193the opposite of the standard-conforming behaviour, it is strongly recommended
194to set \f(CW$Getopt::Std::STANDARD_HELP_VERSION\fR to true.
195.PP
196One can change the output file handle of the messages by setting
197\&\f(CW$Getopt::Std::OUTPUT_HELP_VERSION\fR. One can print the messages of \f(CW\*(C`\-\-help\*(C'\fR
198(without the \f(CW\*(C`Usage:\*(C'\fR line) and \f(CW\*(C`\-\-version\*(C'\fR by calling functions \fIhelp_mess()\fR
199and \fIversion_mess()\fR with the switches string as an argument.