No, no, no. Not chained ifs. Use a hash, which is less problematic. 
my %help = (
find => <<END,
Help for command 'find':

Don't forget to set the variable \$foo to the default
value of '$foo_default', or space rays will erase data on
your computer.
END
add => <<END,
Help for command 'add':

If you use this command, your bank balance will increase
by the specified amount. Advance two spaces and skip a turn.
END
);

my %alias = (
plus => 'add',
'?'  => 'find',
);

print $help{$alias{$ARGV[0]} || $ARGV[0]};

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This could be adapted to use your message wrapper function, but I beg you: Please do not use the ampersand! That was killed off when Perl 4 was replaced.

For a quick introduction to how these documents are quoted, Abigail-II has a good example.

In reply to Re: Interpolating in Here Documents? by tadman
in thread Interpolating in Here Documents? by PetaMem

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