how can I send switches to a perl script from the command line?

[pixeltierra]

I want to do something like this, but am not a great perl coder:

>myscript -a -w myargument

Is this possible? If so, how would I access the switches inside the perl script?

Thanks in advance.

[rocknbil]

Google "perl @ARGV". :-)

[phranque]

the switches are technically also command line arguments.
in perl, all command line arguments are loaded into a special array "@_".
if you use the perl shift [perldoc.perl.org] function without arguments it will "shift" the next value from the front of the @_ array.
so what you want to do first in your perl script is to keep shifting arguments until you get one without a leading '-' and then you have all your switches.
then you can unshift the first "non-switch argument" back onto the array or continue shifting your "myargument"s until you have them all.

[phranque]

also google TMTOWTDI

[janharders]

you might also want to take a look at the Getopt::*-Modules which help you especially with that task.

[search.cpan.org...] should get you started (I hope, links to cpan are within the rules, but I'm not completely sure, if not: search for getopt at cpan's search).