I have a utility where I would like to be able to use a combination of Getopt::Long and single keywords on the command line e.g. 
usage
args.pl [-s] [-b] [-u] update [server <server>] [user <user>] [passwor
+d <password>]

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Where the -s , -b and -u are handled by GetOptions 
GetOptions('help|h!'    => \$help,
           'b!'         => \$backup,
           'u!'         => \$upd_sybase,
           's!'         => \$silent);

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Can I handle the other arguments like update,server,user,password via GetOptions without having to use a hyphen in front ?
e.g. I would like to avoid this 
args.pl [-s] [-b] [-u] -update [-server <server>] [-user <user>] [-pas
+sword <password>]

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I understand there may be issues with mixing GetOptions functions and the contents of ARGV being destroyed when you call them
Any help appreciated

In reply to Mixing command line arguments by Anonymous Monk

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