How to check for the command line option entered?

perl_mystery has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi folks, I am using "getopt" to get the options entered on command-line.I am trying to find how to check for what command-line option was entered?I want to wrap some part of code based on the options entered.Can someone pls suggest how to do that?

my %options=();
use Getopt::Std;
getopt("bg",\%options);
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Re: How to check for the command line option entered? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 05, 2010 at 23:59 UTC
perlintro `$ perl -MDDS -le" my %options=(); use Getopt::Std; getopt(q!bg!,\%opti +ons); Dump(\%options) " -- -b o -g i $HASH1 = { b => 'o', g => 'i' };` [download] http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/BINGOS/perl-5.13.7/lib/Getopt/Std.t Getopt::Std site:perlmonks.org	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How to check for the command line option entered? by eff_i_g (Curate) on Dec 06, 2010 at 15:41 UTC
I recommend using Getopt::Lucid instead; it's grand.	[reply]
Re^2: How to check for the command line option entered? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 07, 2010 at 08:48 UTC
I recommend using Getopt::Lucid instead; it's grand. Hmm, I would almost have to concur, except it doesn't handle usage documentation like Getopt::Long::Descriptive	[reply]
Re^3: How to check for the command line option entered? by eff_i_g (Curate) on Dec 07, 2010 at 15:02 UTC
Ah, you are correct; I wasn't aware of this module. I'll look into it. Thanks!	[reply]