check Getopt::Long!

GetOptions(
      't=s' => \ our $target,
      'b=s' => \ our $buildtype,
      'r=s' => \ @releases
  );
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    -r foo bar baz -b dog cat -t pony
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use Getopt::Long;

our @releases;
GetOptions(
      't=s' => \ our $target,
      'b=s' => \ our $buildtype,
      'r=s' => \ @releases
);

print "Target: $target\n";
print "Buildtype: $buildtype\n";
print "Releases: @releases\n";
print "ARGV: @ARGV\n";
__END__
Target: pony
Buildtype: dog
Releases: foo
ARGV: bar baz cat
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I don't know any module that will parse the command line as was wished, but it shouldn't be too hard to roll your own.

Abigail

Probably the "originally wanted" was only abstract: "Pass more than one value for a commandline option". Why should anybody write a new module that parses the options in a way that differs from nearly all other applications, if he could just change the own program's usage message and make it work with standard modules and methods?

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http://fruiture.de

Perhaps, but why make such broad suggestions if the example is pretty clear? At least have the decency to write in your reply that your suggestion is violating the given example. Give the readers a hint that you actually thought about the question and answer and that you didn't just try to get a answer - any anwer - just to say something.

I don't know why anyone whould write a new module, and I don't know what that has to do with the answer. But now we are getting something like:

• Poster: "How do I do X"? Here's an example.
• Reply: Use Y!
• Me: Y doesn't solve X, here look, it does Z.
• You: Yeah, but perhaps the poster wanted to do Z.
I'd think this forum would quickly become useless if all threads go this way.

If you have a solution that doesn't solve the problem, but solves a different one, say so. Don't suggest it solves the problem. That only wastes a lot of time of people.

(As for wanting options to take multiple arguments, without having to repeat the option, I think that's reasonable. I've wanted that in the past as well. The fact that there's a module to parse options in a different way doesn't invalidate the wish to do it otherwise. This is Perl remember, not Python).

Abigail

use Getopt::Long;
our $realeases;
GetOptions(
    't=s' => \ our $target,
    'b=s' => \ our $buildtype,
    'r=s' => \ $releases
);

our @releases = split(/\:/,$releases);
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perl script.pl -r 1:2:3 -b blah -t blah
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