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>>>>> "Gary" == Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> writes:

Gary> if a .pl script has to have at least one arg, is there an easy
Gary> way to do that?

Dare I say, "there's more than one way to do it?" :)

See the "Getopt::" family in the CPAN.

My favorite is Getopt::Long.

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