sub process_command_line_args {
    #set default values for dynamic config settings
    my ($layout,$wait_for_child,$wait_for_exec,$prompt,$configf,$quiet,$outf,$debug,$batchsize,$proto,$tacacs,$verbose,$header,@maildst) = (0,120,3,1,"$name.cfg",1,"$name.csv",0,0,"none",0,0);

    GetOptions ( ...)
    ...

    my @args = ($layout,$wait_for_child,$wait_for_exec,$name,$prompt,$configf,$quiet,$outf,$debug,$batchsize,$proto,$tacacs,$verbose,$header,$mailref,$path);
    return \@args;
}