Getopt::Long getting a string with spaces into a variable

Question

I\'m making a perl script which uses Getopt::Long to parse command line arguments. However, I have an argument which can accept a string (with spaces). How can I get the who

Answer 1

You need to either put quotes around the argument:

./script.pl --string="blah blah blah blah yup" --another-opt

or escape the spaces:

./script.pl --string=blah\ blah\ blah\ blah\ yup --another-opt