Hi Monks!
I am supposed to write a script that will take some arguments from the user via the command line, like this:
perl MY_SCRIPT.pl -p <program to run> -f <file1> -a <file2> -d <parame
+ters file>

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My question is if there is a sophisticated and safe way to for my script to be able to recognize if the user has specified an argument in the -p , the -f, the -a or the -d options that are available.
I know that $ARGV[0] is the 1st argument passed, $ARGV1 the 2nd etc, but I somehow need to "bind" the argument with the respective parameter.
For example, the -p parameter accepts a number (0,1,2) while all others a file.

In reply to How to read the arguments in command line? by Anonymous Monk

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