#!/usr/bin/perl -w use Getopt::Std; Getopt::Std::getopts( 'a:b:c:de' ); # Options appear in variables named opt_option, e.g., opt_a. if ( defined( $opt_a ) ) { print "-a flag set to $opt_a\n"; } if ( defined( $opt_b ) ) { print "-b flag set to $opt_b\n"; } if ( defined( $opt_c ) ) { print "-c flag set to $opt_c\n"; } if ( defined( $opt_d ) ) { print "-d flag set to $opt_d\n"; } if ( defined( $opt_e ) ) { print "-e flag set to $opt_e\n"; }