OpenBSD::Getopt(3p) | Perl Programmers Reference Guide | OpenBSD::Getopt(3p)

# NAME

OpenBSD::Getopt - Process single-characters switches

# SYNOPSIS

       use OpenBSD::Getopt;
       my $h = { 'v' =>
                sub() {
                    ++$opt_v;
                };
       };
       getopts('oifv:', $h);

# DESCRIPTION

This is similar to getopt(3). One call to "getopts($optstring, $h)" parses all the options using the $optstring as a list of simple switches (letter) and switches with arguments (letter followed by ":").

Option values are written into the hash $h. Contrary to getopt(3), "$h->{v}" is incremented each time the switch is seen, to allow for stuff like "-vv".

Alternately, a code ref can be put into the hash for a given switch. When a switch is seen, the sub $foo is called as &$foo() for a simple switch and as &$foo(option_value) for a switch with argument.

2023-05-21 | perl v5.40.1