How can I parse command line arguments? - perl

I want to parse a list of arguments in a perl script, for example i have this situation : Home Public Questions Tags Users Companies Collectives ExploreCollectives Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam StackOverflowforTeamsismovingtoitsowndomain!Whenthemigrationiscomplete,youwillaccessyourTeamsatstackoverflowteams.com,andtheywillnolongerappearintheleftsidebaronstackoverflow.com. Checkyouremailforupdates. Collectives™onStackOverflow Findcentralized,trustedcontentandcollaboratearoundthetechnologiesyouusemost. LearnmoreaboutCollectives Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. LearnmoreaboutTeams HowcanIparsecommandlinearguments? AskQuestion Asked 12yearsago Modified 4years,2monthsago Viewed 7ktimes 8 New!Savequestionsoranswersandorganizeyourfavoritecontent.Learnmore. Iwanttoparsealistofargumentsinaperlscript,forexampleihavethissituation: script.pl-h127.0.0.1-uuser-ppassarg1arg2arg3 Howcanidoforparsethelistofargumentthataren'toptioninanarray,andtheoptionparameterinscalarvalue? Thanks. perlargumentscommand-line-arguments Share Follow editedOct19,2010at22:03 Axeman 29.5k22goldbadges4747silverbadges101101bronzebadges askedOct19,2010at21:30 alerootaleroot 69.6k3030goldbadges172172silverbadges209209bronzebadges 1 3 InMasteringPerl,Italkaboutthe90+Perlmodulesthatletyoudothisinalmostanywaythatyoulike.:) – briandfoy Oct19,2010at22:23 Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Trending(recentvotescountmore) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 16 Well,iftheyaretheonlythingsonthecommandlinethataren'tgivenasoptions,[email protected]@ARGV. useGetopt::Long; #saveargumentsfollowing-hor--hostinthescalar$host #the'=s'meansthatanargumentfollowstheoption #theycanfollowbyaspaceor'='(--host=127.0.0.1) GetOptions('host=s'=>\my$host ,'user=s'=>\my$user#samefor--useror-u ,'pass=s'=>\my$pass#samefor--passor-p ); #@ARGV:[qw] seeGetopt::Long Share Follow editedOct19,2010at22:01 answeredOct19,2010at21:42 AxemanAxeman 29.5k22goldbadges4747silverbadges101101bronzebadges Addacomment  |  13 Theargumentstoyourprogramarestoredin@ARGV. Ifyouwanttodoanyhandlingofswitchesatall,pleaseuseGetopt::Long,whichisastandardPerlmodule. Evenifyouthink"Oh,IcanjustpickthestuffIwantoutofthelist",pleaseuseGetopt::Long,becauseIguaranteeyouthetimewillcomethatyouwilladdmoreswitches,andyouwillwindupsaying"Man,IwishI'dstartedusingGetopt::Longfromthebeginning." Pleasealsoseemyblogpost"UseGetopt::Longevenifyouthinkyoudon'tneedit". Share Follow editedAug3,2018at21:12 answeredOct19,2010at21:48 AndyLesterAndyLester 88.8k1313goldbadges100100silverbadges150150bronzebadges 3 Thatlinkisbroken(404) – Bogolt Aug2,2018at20:51 1 Thanks,@Bogolt.IdugitupoutoftheWaybackMachine,republishedit,andupdatedthelink. – AndyLester Aug3,2018at21:12 Actually,betteruseargparse,thatsupportpositionnalargumentsandhaveawaycleannerinterfaceinmyopinion – ninjaconcombre May21,2021at8:44 Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoStackOverflow!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. 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