perl ./script.pl --ed 10-31-2011 -d
Can't open perl script "./script.pl --ed": No such file or directory

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root@dom:/home/fre/bin# perl /home/fre/bin/script.pl --ed 10-31-2011 -d
Can't open perl script "/home/free/bin/script.pl --ed": No such file or directory

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root@dom:/home/fre/bin# ./script.pl --ed 10-31-2011 -d
-bash: ./script.pl --ed: No such file or directory

##</code><code>##

./script.pl
Usage: ./script.pl --ed end_date --sales-table /path/to/sales/file
Use -d or -debug for debugging
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use 5.10;
use strict;
use warnings;

use Getopt::Long;

my ($enddate, $csv_file) = (0, 0);
my $DEBUG = 0;

GetOptions(
  'enddate|ed=s'    => \$enddate,
  'sales-table|s=s' => \$csv_file,
  'debug|d'         => \$DEBUG,
) or die_usage();

die_usage() unless ($enddate && $csv_file);

sub die_usage{
  say "Usage: $0 --ed end_date --sales-table /path/to/sales/file";
  say "Use -d or -debug for debugging";
  exit;
}