bory,
As indicated previously, this problem might benefit from a configuration file. If you go this route, I would suggest still using a Getopts:: module to specify the location of the configuration file so you could have multiple versions prepared in advance. I personally like using Config::IniFiles. If you want to avoid an external configuration file, the following seems to meet your needs though I didn't spend a great deal of time testing it: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Getopt::Std;

my %opt;
Get_Args( \%opt );

for ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %opt ) {
    if ( uc $opt{$_} eq 'F' ) {
        print "Channel $_ is set to Forever\n";
    }
    elsif ( $opt{$_} =~ /^(\d\d?):(\d\d?)/ ) {
        my ($hr, $min) = ($1, $2);
        print "Channel $_ is set to $hr hour(s) and $min minute(s)\n";
    }
    else {
        die "$opt{$_} is not a valid option for channel $_\n";
    }
}

sub Get_Args {
    my $opt = shift;
    my $Usage = qq{Usage: $0 [options] -# <F|HH:MM>
        -h : This help message.
        -# : Channel Number followed by duration
             F     = forever
             HH:MM = Hours and Minutes
    } . "\n";
    my $channels = join ':', 1..10;  # Adjust for the max # of channel
+s
    getopts( "h$channels:" , $opt ) or die $Usage;
    die $Usage if $opt->{h} || ! keys %$opt;
}

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Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re: GetOptions problem by Limbic~Region
in thread GetOptions problem by bory

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