This is not a direct answer to your question, but I'd like to suggest that you take a look at the CPAN modules
Getopt::Long and
Pod::Usage. These can help you with parameter processing and good documentation for your scripts, like the following example using the params you stated:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Getopt::Long;
use Pod::Usage;
# Parameters
our $foo = '';
our $redirect = '';
our $nooutput = '';
INIT {
my $help = '';
GetOptions(
'help|?' => \$help,
'foo=s' => \$foo,
'redirect' => \$redirect,
'nooutput' => \$nooutput,
) or pod2usage(2);
pod2usage(-exitstatus => 0, -verbose => 2) if $help;
}
print "Hello World\n";
print "Files are " . join(',', @ARGV) . "\n";
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
yourscript.pl - This is what I DO
=head1 SYNOPSIS
./yourscript.pl
=head1 DESCRIPTION
I'm a description.
--foo I take a string
--redirect I'm a trigger
--nooutput I'm a trigger too
--help This help text
=head1 AUTHOR
Written by you
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