Here is a snippet using Getopt::Long. You can call the script with a "--run_script" argument (or just "-r"-- Getopt::Long accepts unique abbreviations for flags). You could put an if block after the print statement to control which code, depending on the value of $pars{run_script}: 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use warnings;
use strict;

use Getopt::Long;

my %pars = ( run_script => 0 );
GetOptions (
    \%pars,
    'run_script=f',
);

print "Run script $pars{run_script}\n";

allen94-lt 11: ./getopt_ex.pl -r 5
Run script 5
allen94-lt 12: ./getopt_ex.pl 
Run script 0

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Note the default value (0) that run_script has been given in the creation of the %pars hash. You could change this by changing the original setup of the hash.

--Kester

In reply to Re: Combining two scripts with a command line switch? by kesterkester
in thread Combining two scripts with a command line switch? by Seventh

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