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in reply to Review of my script

Why so many print statements out there? I'd rather do like this:
sub Usage() { my $err = shift and select STDERR; print <<EOF; ------------------------------------------ -- Usage for the database backup script -- ------------------------------------------ --host Specify the host IP --engine Specify the database engine. This could be postgres or mysql. --password Give the password needed to connect with the database server --user Specify user to connect to the database server. The user must have permissions to connect to the database(s) --port If another port than the standard must be used to connect you co +uld specify this with the --port option EOF exit $err; }
It is more readable to my eyes.