Here's a simple script run with Perl 5.8.8:

#!/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Test::More tests => 1;
use Data::Dumper;

print Data::Dumper->Dump([\@ARGV], [qw/ARGV/]);
pass('placeholder');
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$ prove -v t.t one two three
t.t ....
1..1
$ARGV = [];
ok 1 - placeholder
ok
Cannot determine source for one at /tools/oss/packages/x86_64-rhel5/pe
+rl/5.8.8-64/lib/5.8.8/App/Prove.pm line 496
$
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prove does not pass on arguments to the test files. prove assumes that you're trying to run test cases called "one", "two" and "three".

If you need to provide arguments to a test file, you need to run it with perl, not prove:

$ perl t.t one two three
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If you really want to use prove then perhaps modify your test file to read its options from environment variables instead.

perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'

| If you really want to use prove then perhaps modify your test file to read its options from environment variables instead.

Bummer.

Thanks, I may have to resort to this method. I appreciate the time both of you spent is drawing out the fundamental problem.

Okay, I see part of my error. If I run the script directly through the interpreter, I get results:

$ perl t.t one two three
1..1
$ARGV = [
          'one',
          'two',
          'three'
        ];
ok 1 - placeholder
$
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...but is there a way I can pass command-line arguments if I use prove instead? I would like to have the statistics prove provides if possible.

from prove - Run tests through a TAP harness

Arguments to Tests

It is possible to supply arguments to tests. To do so separate them from prove's own arguments with the arisdottle, '::'. For example

prove -v t/mytest.t :: --url http://example.com

would run t/mytest.t with the options '--url http://example.com'. When running multiple tests they will each receive the same arguments.