Re: how to deal with incorrect command line argument

Perhaps the following will be helpful:

use strict;
use warnings;

my @array;

for (@ARGV) {
    if (-e) {
        push @array, $_;
        next;
    }
    warn qq{"$_" doesn't exist!};
}

@ARGV = @array;

print "@ARGV";
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This pushes the 'good' params onto @array and warns on the others, then reinitializes @ARGV with the 'good' ones.

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Re^2: how to deal with incorrect command line argument by marinersk (Priest) on Oct 31, 2013 at 00:23 UTC
Slightly simplified, I think: `use strict; use warnings; for (@ARGV) { if (-e) { &doTheWork($_); } else { warn qq{"$_" doesn't exist!}; } }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: how to deal with incorrect command line argument by Kenosis (Priest) on Oct 31, 2013 at 01:34 UTC
Good suggestion! Or even just: `use strict; use warnings; (-e) ? doTheWork($_) : warn qq{"$_" doesn't exist!} for @ARGV;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: how to deal with incorrect command line argument by marinersk (Priest) on Oct 31, 2013 at 19:32 UTC
Nice! I think that officially crosses from stuff-a-noob-can-read to stuff-that-makes-noob-heads-spin, though. `:-)`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: how to deal with incorrect command line argument by muba (Priest) on Oct 31, 2013 at 21:13 UTC
Re^6: how to deal with incorrect command line argument by marinersk (Priest) on Oct 31, 2013 at 21:28 UTC
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Re^5: how to deal with incorrect command line argument by Kenosis (Priest) on Oct 31, 2013 at 19:34 UTC
Re^2: how to deal with incorrect command line argument by scripter87 (Novice) on Oct 30, 2013 at 22:28 UTC
Thanks my man, does the trick. May I ask a few questions on your solution though... I am going to comment it on your code and maybe you can correct me where I am wrong. `my @array; # this an array to store the good arguments for (@ARGV) { # for the argumets array if (-e) { # if the file exists push @array, $_;# push the file that exists onto the @array # why use $_ here? next; # what purpose has this } warn qq{"$_" doesn't exist!}; } @ARGV = @array;` [download] I Appreciate the time you took to answer my question to man.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: how to deal with incorrect command line argument by Kenosis (Priest) on Oct 30, 2013 at 22:37 UTC
You're most welcome! Am glad it helped. You're commenting is correct. You asked, "why use $_ here?" Because Perls default scalar (`$_`) is implicitly used in the `for` loop that's iterating through the elements of `@ARGV`. Note, also, that Perl's default scalar is also implicitly used in the expression `if (-e) {` as that expression is equivalent to `if (-e $_) {`. The purpose of `next` is to get the next element of `@ARGV`, otherwise a `warn` would occur.	[reply] [d/l] [select]