Hi, GetOpts is probably your best bet, but in case you
want to do it without a module, try something like this.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

my $usage = "Usage: script -u username -x xval(optional) -m mval(optio
+nal)\n";
my $username=undef;
my $xvalue=undef;
my $mvalue=undef;

while(@ARGV){
   my $argin = shift;
   if ($argin =~ /-u/){$username= shift}
   if ($argin =~ /-x/){$xvalue=shift}
   if ($argin =~ /-m/){$mvalue =shift}
}

if ( !defined $username ){print $usage;exit;}
print "username = $username\n -x = $xvalue\n -m = $mvalue\n";

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in thread option on command line by Sara

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