Question

I have a perl script that accepts a long option like --pager='less -R' and I want to shorten it to -p only. It’s a quick hack, I don’t know perl and I’m assuming the most direct way is to search and replace -p in the ARGV array (or whatever it’s called in perl) with –pager=’less -R’ before it starts to process the command line arguments.

Answer 1

You can use

s/^-p$/--pager/ for @ARGV;

as a quick hack. Just do not enter -p as a value to any option. Also, always use a space after -p.