use Getopt::Long qw(GetOptions);
Getopt::Long::Configure(qw(posix_default no_ignore_case));
GetOptions(\my %OPT,
"mandatory!",
);
die "Option --mandatory not specified.\n"
unless exists $OPT{mandatory};
print "OK.\n";
On the command line:
$ testcmd.pl
Option --mandatory not specified.
$ testcmd.pl --manda
Unknown option: manda
Option --mandatory not specified.
$ testcmd.pl --mandatorY
Unknown option: mandatorY
Option --mandatory not specified.
$ testcmd.pl --mandatory
OK.
$ testcmd.pl --nomandatory
OK.