#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $foo = "FOO"; my $bar = "BAR"; my $foobar = "FOOBAR"; sub foo { format STDOUT = FOO BAR @<<<<<<< @<<<<<<< $foo, $bar . write; } sub foobar { format STDOUT = FOOBAR BAR @<<<<< @<<<<<<< $foobar, $bar . write; } foo() if ($ARGV[0] =~ /^foo$/i); foobar() if ($ARGV[0] =~ /^foobar$/i);