Hi,
Sorry for one typo. Read "GetOptions" in place of "Getoptions" .
Regards,
Rajesh
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Rajesh Saha <rajeshsaha...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In my program, I am using the module Getopt::Long
>
> My intension is that if the user chooses "--help", the program should show
> the help message without bothering whether other options has been used or
> not.
>
> My program (say, test.pl) :
>
> use Getopt::Long
> my $abc;
> my $help;
>
> Getoptions ( "abc=s" => \$abc,
> "help" => \$help
> );
>
> if ($help) { print "This is help message\n" ; exit ;}
>
> if ($abc) { print "You have choosen \"abc\" as $abc" };
>
>
> If I run this:
>
> 1. test.pl -help
> Output: This is help message
>
> 2. test.pl -abc ABC
> Output : You have choosen abc as ABC
>
> 3. test.pl -abc -help
> Output: You have choosen abc as -help
>
> Out the above results 1 & 2 are fine, but 3 is not as I want. I understand
> what's happening here [$abc is assigned as "-help"], but don't have idea
> how to implement it properly so that in the 3rd it would print like " This
> is help message" .
>
> Can anybody help please ?
>
>
> Thanks n regards
> Rajesh Saha
>
>
