#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Getopt::Long; my $string = 'string'; my $length = 'length'; my $msm = 'msm'; my $result = GetOptions ('des=s' => \$string, 'a=s' => \$string, 'd=s' => \$string, 'r=i' => \$length, 'v=s' => \$string, 'msm' => \$msm);