thanks for the replies this is what i dont get 
       my $data   = "file.dat";
         my $length = 24;
         my $verbose;
   $result = GetOptions ("length=i" => \$length,    # numeric
  "file=s"   => \$data,      # string
  "verbose"  => \$verbose);  # flag

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why do we need to create variables like data and length when the arguments will be passed from command line. here is what i want to do. take -u user name, -p password, -s hostname:portnumber from the command like and then how will they be used with this module? how can this parser help me in parsing the above mentioned command line arguments. p.s: after recieving them from the command like i ll send the user name pasword for validation to the host given on the command like. so like i want to know how using this parser will be more helpful in parsing the command line arguments. and how it will be more difficult with out using the parser?

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