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Command Line Options in Perl: Using Getopt::Std

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Unlike command line arguments, command line options can now and again be a bit hard to read; nevertheless, they can prove to be quite helpful. This article clarifies what a command line option is, why you would use one, and how to administer them in Perl. This article is the first of two parts.
– Command line arguments play a significant role in the creation of command line programs in any language. These arguments can tell the program a number of things, such as what to operate on, or how to operate on something. Perl, like most other languages, makes it very simple to read these arguments.
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