question about getopt

Sun751 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am writing the script for "option" while getting arguments from command line, and below I have code,

use strict;
use warnings;
use Getopt::Std;

my %options;
if (scalar @ARGV < 3) {usage()};

sub usage
{
    print STDERR << "EOF";
    \nThis program does...
    usage: $0 [-hcfo]

            -h  : this (help) message
            -c  : config file
            -o  : Fj xcf release file
            -x  : output file

EOF
exit;
}

getopts ("hc:f:o:", \%options);
usage() if $options{h};

my $source_file= $options{o}; 
my $dest_file= $options{x};
my $config_file= $options{c};
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And in above code, I want to "-o" to be optional for example if user don't provide "-o(filename)" that means value for $source_file then I want to take default file suppose "source.txt"; Could any one guide me how can that be done?Please. Cheers

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Re: question about getopt by moritz (Cardinal) on Jun 24, 2009 at 07:08 UTC
As far as I understand, all options are optional by default. You can check if they are provided by simply looking if `$source_file` etc. is undef, and if yes, you can supply your own default value - or die if they are mandatory.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: question about getopt by Sun751 (Beadle) on Jun 24, 2009 at 07:33 UTC
is the general standard way of doing "option" in script, use strict; use warnings; use Getopt::Std; my %options; if (scalar @ARGV < 3) {usage()}; sub usage { print STDERR << "EOF"; \nThis program does... usage: $0 [-hcfo] -h : this (help) message -c : config file -o : Fj xcf release file -x : output file EOF exit; } getopts ("hc:f:o:", \%options); usage() if $options{h}; if ($options{o}) { $source_file = $options{o}; } else { $source_file = "as.xcf-dist"; } if ($options{c}) { $config_file = $options{c}; } else { $config_file = 'config.ini'; } if ($options{x}) { $dest_file = $options{x}; } else { usage(); } [download] if you have any suggestion, Please let me know, Cheers	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: question about getopt by moritz (Cardinal) on Jun 24, 2009 at 07:41 UTC
You can always write that more tidily: `my $source_file = $options{o} \|\| 'as.xcf-dist'; my $config_file = $options{c} \|\| 'config.ini'; my $dest_file = $options{x} \|\| usage();` [download] Another possibility is to use Getopt::Long, which IMHO has a nicer API.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: question about getopt by BioLion (Curate) on Jun 24, 2009 at 09:03 UTC
Re^3: question about getopt by toolic (Bishop) on Jun 24, 2009 at 16:27 UTC
I have several suggestions. You should probably change 'f' to 'x' in your usage and in your call to `getopts`. It looks like you have a bug. You should probably get rid of the `@ARGV` check because I doubt it does what you think it does. If you pass these 2 options on your command line, '-c foo -x bar', `scalar @ARGV` will resolve to 4, not 2, as you might expect. Instead, consider checking the return status of the `getopts`. I make it a habit to check if an option is defined, just in case '0' is a legal value: `if (defined $options{o})` [download] Consider using the Core module Pod::Usage instead of rolling your own usage handler. I second the recommendation to switch to Getopt::Long.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: question about getopt by hifirock (Novice) on Jun 24, 2009 at 09:13 UTC
Initialize the source_file with default value before invoking the getOptions function. `my $source_file= "source.txt getopts ("hc:f:o:", \%options); usage() if $options{h}; $source_file= $options{o} if (defined($options{o});` [download]	[reply] [d/l]