Getopt::Long::GetOptions ( 'u=s' => \$user, 'p=s' => \$passwd, 's=s' => sub { local *_ = \$_[1]; /^([^:]+):(\d+)$/ or die("Invalid format for option s.\n"); $host = $1; $port = $2;}, 'h=s' => \error_detect("h"), ) or error_detect("3 Invalid commmand line options.");