Pass parameter to a program ???

[mackiew]

Hello !
I have a perl program called myPerlProgram.
I want pass a parameter myParameter (scalar) to it as:

comandLine> myPerlProgram myParameter <Enter>

What code must I include in myPerlProgram to catch myParameter into the program?

How I do it??

Thanks !

 

[MikeLacey]

hi mac,
[tt]
my $arg = shift or die &quot;No argument specified\n&quot;;
print &quot;Argument was $arg\n&quot;;
[/tt]

Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com

http://www.cargill.com/

 

[luciddream]

all arguments passed to a program are stored in the
@ARGV array.

shift is a great way to get an argument, but, if you are working with multiple arguments, its nice to know that they're in @ARGV.