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Getopt-Long (2.34)

Getting command line options and dealing with them is a colossal pain, and every module that does it sucks and offends someone. Getopt::Long doesn't always do what I want, and doesn't always act how I expect, but it's much closer than anything else. Given the number of different desires and expectations out there, and the fact that so many people aren't much more offended than I am by Getotp::Long, it must be doing something right!

Ricardo SIGNES - 2005-11-04 18:30:58
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Getopt-Long (2.33)

Getopt::Long has been in use in my programs for a long time now. It has been suitable for all the command line parsing I have ever had to do and worked with anything I could throw at it through various shells. It works well with Getopt::ArgvFile.

Unlike more complicated command-line parsing modules like Getopt::Declare, Getopt::Long has a rather intuitive interface and doesn't require 1500 lines of documentation (as Damian put it).

I also tried some of the simpler wrappers around this module like Getopt::Simple, but while they worked fine for what they *could* do, I needed the power of Getopt::Long and actually find its interface good enough that it doesn't need simplifying wrappers.

Steffen M�ller - 2003-09-02 02:48:57
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Getopt-Long (2.33)

This makes accepting command-line arguments powerful, flexible, and easy.

Chris Nandor - 2003-08-25 22:14:31
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Getopt-Long (2.32)

Getopt-Long adds a polished feel to a command line program. It supports all the typical Unixy conventions for flags and arguments. Combined with the Pod::Usage module from the PodParser distribution, it makes for a complete, self-documenting framework for an application.

Chris Dolan - 2003-08-14 14:40:43
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