For a text string value, use :s for an optional value or =s for a required value: : Getopt « System Functions « Perl






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For a text string value, use :s for an optional value or =s for a required value:

      

#Getopt::Long::GetOptions('header=s' => \$header_string);

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use Getopt::Long;

Getopt::Long::GetOptions( 
    'header=s'        => \$header_string);

if ( defined( $header_string ) ) {
    print "header flag set to $header_string\n";
}








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