Why don't you strip $0 first to get only the basename? You may also want to fetch the current value of screen width, and recalcuate the length of all lines when printing the arguments downward, so they're all lined up nicely in the right (I'm not talking about right justify, just so your lines aren't broken unintendedly). May I suggest you to look at Text::Reform? Good luck with your effort to gain the voting power ;-)

Update: (07-07-2007) I really meant "I'm not talking..." instead of "I'm talking..."

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In reply to Re: formatting usage statements with $0 by naikonta
in thread formatting usage statements with $0 by deorth

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