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NAME

Getopt::LL::Short - Abbreviated Getopt::LL rules.

VERSION

This document describes Getopt::LL version 1.0.0

SYNOPSIS

     use Getopt:LL::Short qw(getoptions);
 
     my $options = getoptions([
         '-t=s',             # a string
         '--use-foo=f',      # a flag
         '--verbose|-v',     # also a flag
         '--debug=d|-d',     # a digit
     });

DESCRIPTION

This is a subclass of Getopt::LL that allows for abbreviated rules.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

CONSTRUCTOR

CLASS METHODS

getoptions(\@rules, \%options, \@opt_argv)

Parses and gets arguments based on the rules in @rules. Uses @ARGV if @opt_arg is not specified.

Returns hash with the arguments it found. @ARGV is replaced with the arguments that does not start with '-' or '--'.

parse_short_rule($rule)

Each abbreviated rule is sent to this function to convert them into normal Getopt::LL rules. i.e:

     '--filename=s'

is converted to

      --filename  => 'string'

This function returns the argument name and the rule type.

     my ($arg_name, $rule_type) = parse_short_rule($rule);

DIAGNOSTICS

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

This module requires no configuration file or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

* version

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None known.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to C<bug-getopt-ll@rt.cpan.org>, or through the web interface at L<http://rt.cpan.org>.

SEE ALSO

Getopt::LL

AUTHOR

Ask Solem, C<< ask@0x61736b.net >>.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c), 2007 Ask Solem C<< ask@0x61736b.net >>.

All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.6 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

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