use strict; for (my $j = 0; $j <= $#ARGV; $j++) { print "ARGV[$j] = $ARGV[$j]\n"; } #### t.pl one,two three four ARGV[0] = one,two ARGV[1] = three ARGV[2] = four t.pl "one two" three four ARGV[0] = one two ARGV[1] = three ARGV[2] = four