Getopt::Std - man - phpman

NAME
    Getopt::Std - Process single-character switches with switch clustering

SYNOPSIS
        use Getopt::Std;

        getopts('oif:');  # -o & -i are boolean flags, -f takes an argument
                          # Sets $opt_* as a side effect.
        getopts('oif:', \%opts);  # options as above. Values in %opts
        getopt('oDI');    # -o, -D & -I take arg.
                          # Sets $opt_* as a side effect.
        getopt('oDI', \%opts);    # -o, -D & -I take arg.  Values in %opts

DESCRIPTION
    The "getopts()" function processes single-character switches with switch clustering. Pass one
    argument which is a string containing all switches to be recognized. For each switch found, if
    an argument is expected and provided, "getopts()" sets $opt_x (where "x" is the switch name) to
    the value of the argument. If an argument is expected but none is provided, $opt_x is set to an
    undefined value. If a switch does not take an argument, $opt_x is set to 1.

    Switches which take an argument don't care whether there is a space between the switch and the
    argument. If unspecified switches are found on the command-line, the user will be warned that an
    unknown option was given.

    The "getopts()" function returns true unless an invalid option was found.

    The "getopt()" function is similar, but its argument is a string containing all switches that
    take an argument. If no argument is provided for a switch, say, "y", the corresponding $opt_y
    will be set to an undefined value. Unspecified switches are silently accepted. Use of "getopt()"
    is not recommended.

    Note that, if your code is running under the recommended "use strict vars" pragma, you will need
    to declare these package variables with "our":

        our($opt_x, $opt_y);

    For those of you who don't like additional global variables being created, "getopt()" and
    "getopts()" will also accept a hash reference as an optional second argument. Hash keys will be
    "x" (where "x" is the switch name) with key values the value of the argument or 1 if no argument
    is specified.

    To allow programs to process arguments that look like switches, but aren't, both functions will
    stop processing switches when they see the argument "--". The "--" will be removed from @ARGV.

"--help" and "--version"
    If "-" is not a recognized switch letter, getopts() supports arguments "--help" and "--version".
    If "main::HELP_MESSAGE()" and/or "main::VERSION_MESSAGE()" are defined, they are called; the
    arguments are the output file handle, the name of option-processing package, its version, and
    the switches string. If the subroutines are not defined, an attempt is made to generate
    intelligent messages; for best results, define $main::VERSION.

    If embedded documentation (in pod format, see perlpod) is detected in the script, "--help" will
    also show how to access the documentation.

    Note that due to excessive paranoia, if $Getopt::Std::STANDARD_HELP_VERSION isn't true (the
    default is false), then the messages are printed on STDERR, and the processing continues after
    the messages are printed. This being the opposite of the standard-conforming behaviour, it is
    strongly recommended to set $Getopt::Std::STANDARD_HELP_VERSION to true.

    One can change the output file handle of the messages by setting
    $Getopt::Std::OUTPUT_HELP_VERSION. One can print the messages of "--help" (without the "Usage:"
    line) and "--version" by calling functions help_mess() and version_mess() with the switches
    string as an argument.