Getopts to flag bad options without dash

Question

Getopt::Long::Configure("no_pass_through");
my %opts = ();
GetOptions(\%opts,
           'opt1=s',
           'opt2=s',
           'opt3'
          );

test.pl bad_option_without_dash

How do I make getopts flag an error when a bad option is passed without a dash? I was expecting that no_pass_through will take care of this. What am I missing?

Answer 1

Getopt::Long just extracts the options. It's up to you to validate the value of those options and the non-option arguments (which are left in @ARGV).

Specifically, if you want to make sure that only options have been passed, then you can use

@ARGV == 0
   or die("usage\n");

What I use:

use Getopt::Long qw( );

my ( $opt_opt1, $opt_opt2, $opt_opt3 );

sub parse_args {
   ( $opt_opt1, $opt_opt2, $opt_opt3 ) = ();

   Getopt::Long::Configure(qw( posix_default ));
   Getopt::Long::GetOptions(
      'help|h|?' => \&help,
      'opt1=s'   => \$opt_opt1,
      'opt2=s'   => \$opt_opt2,
      'opt3'     => \$opt_opt3,
   )
      or usage();

   # Validate $opt_* here if necessary.

   !@ARGV
      or usage("Too many arguments.");

   return @ARGV;
}

sub main {
   # my () = @_;   # This program doesn't accept non-option args.
   ...
}

main(parse_args());

Helpers:

use File::Basename qw( basename );

sub help {
   my $prog = basename($0);
   print
"Usage:
  $prog [options]
  $prog --help

Options:
  --opt1 FOO
      ...

  --opt2 BAR
      ...

  --opt3
      ...
";
   exit(0);
}

sub usage {
   if (@_) {
      my ($msg) = @_;
      chomp($msg);
      say STDERR $msg;
   }

   my $prog = basename($0);
   say STDERR "Try '$prog --help' for more information.";
   exit(1);
}