Getopt-Long-2.58 - Module to handle parsing command line options

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id="modules">Modules</h2> <div class="release-row"> <div class="left"> <a href="/pod/Getopt::Long">Getopt::Long</a> </div> <div class="right"> Extended processing of command line options </div> </div> <div class="release-row"> <div class="left"> <a href="/pod/Getopt::Long::Parser">Getopt::Long::Parser</a> </div> <div class="right"> Getopt::Long object-oriented interface </div> </div> </div> <div class="file-group release-provides"> <h2 id="provides">Provides</h2> <div class="release-row"> <div class="left"> <a href="/release/JV/Getopt-Long-2.58/source/lib/Getopt/Long.pm#PGetopt::Long::CallBack">Getopt::Long::CallBack</a> </div> <div class="right"> in lib/Getopt/Long.pm </div> </div> </div> <div class="file-group release-examples"> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="/release/JV/Getopt-Long-2.58/source/examples/README">examples/README</a> </li> <li> <a href="/release/JV/Getopt-Long-2.58/source/examples/parsetime.pl">examples/parsetime.pl</a> </li> <li> <a 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