in reply to test for unknown option in getopts

Just test the return value of the getopts : 

use Getopt::Std;
                                                                      
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my %opts;
                                                                      
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getopts("ciphdvs:",\%opts) or die "$0: USAGE: blah blah\n";;

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Re^2: test for unknown option in getopts
by GrandFather (Saint) on Aug 18, 2006 at 09:46 UTC

    The OP should note that that will result in an error line printed to stderr with text of the form: "Unknown option: b".

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Re^2: test for unknown option in getopts
by js1 (Monk) on Aug 18, 2006 at 09:50 UTC
    Thanks - that did it!
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