NAME

Getopt::optparse - optparse style processing of command line options

SYNOPSIS

use Getopt::optparse;
my $parser = Getopt::optparse->new();
$parser->add_option(
    '--hostname', 
    {
        dest => 'hostname',
        help => 'Remote hostname',
        default => 'localhost.localdomain'
    }
);
$parser->add_option(
    '--username', 
    {
        dest => 'username',
        help => 'Username for new ILO account'
    }
);
$parser->add_option( 
    '--global',
    dest    => 'global',
    action  => 'store_true',
    help    => 'Show global',
    default => 0
)

my $options = $parser->parse_args();
printf("Hostname is: %s\n", $options->{hostname});
printf("Username is: %s\n", $options->{username});
if ($options->{global}) {

}

DESCRIPTION

Library which allows Python optparse style processing of command line options.

CONSTRUCTOR

$parser = Getopt::optparse->new( \%options )

Construct a new Getopt::optparse object and return it. Hash reference argument may be provided though none are required.

METHODS

The following methods are available:

Getopt::optparse->add_option()

$parser->add_option(
    '--hostname',
    {
        dest => 'hostname',
        help => 'Remote hostname',
        default => 'localhost.localdomain'
    }
)

Add option to be parsed from command line. Accepts two arguments:

Option Name

Value to be parsed from command line. --hostname in the above example. This library uses only double dash.

Option Attributes. A hash reference.

These may include:

dest

Name of key were parsed option will be stored.

default (optional)

Value of dest if no option is parsed on command line.

help (optional)

Text message displayed when --help is found on command line.

action (optional)

Presently only store_true supported. Using this makes dest true or false. (0 or 1)

Getopt::optparse->parse_args()

my $options = $parser->parse_args();
printf("Hostname is: %s\n", $options->{hostname});
printf("Username is: %s\n", $options->{username});

Parse added options from command line and return their values as a hash reference.

AUTHOR

Matt Hersant <matt_hersant@yahoo.com>