in reply to Re^2: Sharing Getopts::Std amongst several related scripts
in thread Sharing Getopts::Std amongst several related scripts

our %opts;
*opts = \%OPTS::opts;
if ($OPTS::opts{f}) { #do stuff }

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can be simplified to 
if ($OPTS::opts{f}) { #do stuff }

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or 
our %opts;
*opts = \%OPTS::opts;
if ($opts{f}) { #do stuff }

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