... use Getopt::Long; use Pod::Usage; ... GetOptions( 'd|dir=s' => \( my $outDir = '.' ), 'f|file=s' => \( my $inFile ), 'l|log=s' => \( my $logFile = './tu_log.conf' ), ); unless ( $inFile ) { pod2usage( -exitval => 1, -output => \*STDERR ); } ... __END__ =pod =head1 NAME Retail_PickList_Generator.pl - generate picklists for outstanding Retail orders. =head1 SYNOPSIS Retail_PickList_Generator.pl --file [--log --dir ] =cut