Are there argc and argv type functions in perl

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Re: Are there argc and argv type functions in perl by btrott (Parson) on Mar 10, 2000 at 22:41 UTC
No such thing as $ARGC, as far as I know. But yes, you can use @ARGV to get the command line args. Something to be aware of is that `$ARGV[0]` [download] is not the command name; it's the first argument. Also, check out the Getopt family of modules for automatically parsing your command line args: `perldoc Getopt::Std perldoc Getopt::Long` [download] and more.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
RE: Are there argc and argv type functions in perl by Anonymous Monk on Mar 11, 2000 at 01:36 UTC
$#argv is the same as argc. And as mentioned by another poster, $argv[0] is not the command name, rather $0 is.	[reply]
RE: Are there argc and argv type functions in perl by Anonymous Monk on Mar 12, 2000 at 00:14 UTC
try the @ARGV array. $ARGV[0] is the first commandline parameter, though.	[reply]
Re^2: Are there argc and argv type functions in perl by Anonymous Monk on Jun 04, 2010 at 12:45 UTC
`my $argc = @ARGV; print "There are $argc args.\n";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Are there argc and argv type functions in perl by Anonymous Monk on Jun 08, 2010 at 16:09 UTC
Nice, you answered a ten-year old, already perfectly answered question with an unnecessary two-liner... ;-)	[reply]
Re^4: Are there argc and argv type functions in perl by Anonymous Monk on Feb 06, 2011 at 13:49 UTC
RE: Are there argc and argv type functions in perl by Anonymous Monk on Mar 11, 2000 at 00:43 UTC
while(<>) { } This will allow you to read input from the command line, its all in the camel book, a must have for all level of perl programmer.	[reply]
Re: Are there argc and argv type functions in perl by pschoonveld (Pilgrim) on Mar 10, 2000 at 22:28 UTC
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