Thanks for both your help.

I have now got it working aside of one issue.

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,$opt_z );

#    'L'       =>\$opt_L, 
#    'p'       =>\$opt_p,

GetOptions (
    'd'       =>\$opt_d,
    'h'       =>\$opt_h,
    'l'       =>\$opt_l,   
    'i'       =>\$opt_i,
    'o:s'     =>\$opt_o,
    'P:s'     =>\$opt_P,
    'q'       =>\$opt_q,
    'r'       =>\$opt_r,
    'v:s'     =>\$opt_v,
    'c'       =>\$opt_c,
    'help|?!' =>\$opt_z,
);

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If I include both upper and lower case options L and P I end up getting the error message
'Duplicate specification "L" for option "l"'

Is there a way to parse both upper and lower case characters for the same letter?

Appreciate your time and help.

In reply to Re^2: getopts and -? by viffer
in thread getopts and -? by viffer

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