For the "New and just getting feet wet" folks (myself included), Getopt::Std has a pretty easy to use interface, and is flexible enough to allow multiple -a -b -c type options, as well as -abc (meaning -a -b and -c), as well as things like '-z [arg]'.

I would provide examples, but can't possibly do so as effectively as the POD that comes with the module. See the perldocs for Getopt::Std for more info. It really is pretty simple to use and is much more robust than any "roll your own" technique could be (assuming again, that you, like I, are 'still pretty new').

Dave

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