Hi all

I'm converting a shell script to perl. The shell script has a number of switches passed to it, one being "-?".

Using "getopts" I can cater for all the various switches *except* the -?.

I can't use a variable '$opt_?' as it gives a syntax error.

I tried to list the various switches then use $ARGV[0}to pick up the -? if it was supplied, but having the '-', in front of the question mark, makes getopts look for a switch, rather than treating it as $ARGV[0}.

Is there any way I can pass "-?" as an option for getopts?

I'm calling the script via 

script.pl -d -P MBKL107 -v name=fred -?

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Removing the dash preceding the question mark in the command isn't an option, neither is using something other than "-?".

my $opt_z;

our ( $opt_d,$opt_h,$opt_l,$opt_L,$opt_i,$opt_o,$opt_P,$opt_p,$opt_q,$
+opt_r,$opt_v,$opt_c );
$Getopt::Std::STANDARD_HELP_VERSION = 1;
getopts('dhlLio:P:pqrv:c');

if ($ARGV[0]eq "-?") {     
    $opt_z = $ARGV[0];
}

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If I knew the "-?" would always be first I could put the check for -? in $ARGV[0} before the getops command, but I don't know what order the switches will be provided in so that's not an option either.

Also I don't have control over the command line so can't use a double dash on the command line to let the script know the options are finished and that -? is now $ARGV[0}

Any help your collective wisdom can offer up will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Kev

In reply to getopts and -? by viffer

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