> Hi,
> i am using the Getopt::Std package in my code.
>
>
> use Getopt::Std;
>
> getopts('s:');
>
> $a = $opt_s
>
>
> this is how i run my program from command line "
>
> > my_program.pl -s pattern
>
> now if "pattern" is something like abcd[12] how do i
> make my program accept the index 12 as a part of the
> string for option -s ?
>
> i would appreciate if anybody can help me on this.
>
I believe your problem is that the shell is trying to interpret the [12]
itself rather than letting it pass through as an argument string. Try
quoting the whole string on the command line:
my_program -s 'abcd[12]'
tcsh appears to have this problem providing a 'No match', however bash
does what you expect.
You may also want to check out Getopt::Long for a more robust interface
and documentation. And I assume your snippet dropped "use strict" and
"use warnings" for brevity?
http://danconia.org
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