Hi all,

I have two scripts that I've written that do related features, and I'd like to combine them into one script so that I can run:

perl myscript.plx -dooption1

or perl myscript.plx -dooption2

I don't think it's needed to post the actual scripts here (they're pretty long), but for example if I had:

   #!/usr/local/bin/perl  
   print "Hello, world!\n";

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And: 
   #!/usr/local/bin/perl  
   print "Goodbye, world!\n";

[download]

How would I go about combining them into one script, that I could run via: 'perl worldscript.plx -goodbye' or 'perl worldscript.plx -hello'?

The scripts I have are a bit more involved than that, and they do two completely different (yet related) things, so I'm looking for a way to take two big scripts and put them in one file, and call either based upon a command line switch.:)

As always, please use small code-newbie words, I'm very new at this and 99% of what I know so far has been from the help that I've gotten from you fine people, and I am very thankful that so many of you have taken the time to help me out. Much appreciation. =)

Thanks!

In reply to Combining two scripts with a command line switch? by Seventh

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