[05:53][nick:~/monks]$ cat 1134359.pl #! perl -w use strict; use Getopt::Long; Getopt::Long::Configure( "bundling", "ignorecase_always" ); my $myOpt=0; GetOptions('S=i'=> \$myOpt); print"S: $myOpt\n"; __END__ [05:53][nick:~/monks]$ perl 1134359.pl -S 6 S: 6 [05:53][nick:~/monks]$ perl 1134359.pl -s 6 S: 6 [05:53][nick:~/monks]$ perl 1134359.pl -S6 S: 6 [05:53][nick:~/monks]$ perl 1134359.pl -s6 S: 6 #### [05:53][nick:~/monks]$ perl 1134359.pl -zois6nks Unknown option: z Unknown option: o Unknown option: i Unknown option: n Unknown option: k Option s requires an argument S: 6