use File::Basename qw( basename );

my $opt_action;
my $opt_type;

my %rules = (
   "create-tap" => sub { $opt_action = 'create'; $opt_type = 'domestic
+'; },
   ...
   "*"          => sub { $opt_action = $_[0]; },
);

my ($verb, $object) = split(/-/, basename($0));
my $handler = $rules{"$verb-$object"}
   || $rules{"$verb-"}
   || $rules{"-$object"}
   || $rules{"*-};

$handler->($verb, $object) if $handler;

...process the options...

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In reply to Re: Set getopt defaults based on $0 by ikegami
in thread Set getopt defaults based on $0 by samwyse

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