lphone:

An EXE file name isn't a valid perl statement. If you want perl to run the program, you have several choices. You can wrap it in backticks, like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my $opt_f = shift;
# Do your option checking here...
`findfile.exe $opt_f`;
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You could also use system("a command goes here"); to run it.

...roboticus

Search for Getopt and Getoptions::Long

A quick sample:

use Getopt::Std;
use Data::Dumper;

$options={};
getopt("df",$options);
print Dumper($options);
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Running the above is giving the following output.Now how do I access these options and run my exe findfile? $VAR1 = { 'd' => 'C:\', 'f' => 'file.c' };

#!/usr/bin/perl -w 
use strict;  
use warnings;
`findfile.exe <opt_f> <opt_d>`
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;  
use warnings;

##arguments

chomp(my $first_arg = $ARGV[0]);
chomp(my $second_arg = $ARGV[1]);

###check the arguments are correct

if($first_arg ne "something")
{

        #print some errors
}       

if($second_arg ne "something")
{

        #print some errors
}       
##execute the exe
findfile.exe $first_agr $second_arg
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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;  
use warnings;

##arguments

chomp(my $first_arg = $ARGV[0]);
chomp(my $second_arg = $ARGV[1]);

###check the arguments are correct

if($first_arg ne "something")
{

        #print some errors
}       

if($second_arg ne "something")
{

        #print some errors
}       
##execute the exe
findfile.exe $first_agr $second_arg
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Did you actually try to run this nonsense? It won't even compile!

perl 872641.pl
Global symbol "$first_agr" requires explicit package name at 872641.pl
+ line 24.
Bareword "findfile" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at 872641.p
+l line 24.
Execution of 872641.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
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chomping the arguments does not make any sense. External programs aren't executed by just writing their filename into the script. And even if they would, you would pass just the first two arguments to the external program, not all arguments as required. iphone explicitly asked for at least four arguments. And when called with less than two arguments, the external program would still be invoked with two arguments, one or both being empty strings.

Please stop posting such junk, it will only frustrate people searching for help. Test your code before posting it.

Alexander

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