I would like to be able to verify the presence and syntax of an argument coming into my script prior to actually doing anything with it. My script is execpting to see something like this
../myscript server10.boston or ../myscript server30.california I am able to check for the presense of an argument like this: ( $#ARGV == 0 ) or die "usage: $0 <server[number].[location]" >\n"; But I am having trouble testing for proper syntax that would prevent the user trying to something like: ../myscript server10 or ../myscript 30.california I would like to be able to force them use the "server[number].[location]" syntax and generate a warning if they don't. Would it be possible to add a second argument test after the first? Something like: ( $#ARGV eq "server*.*" ) or die "usage: $0 <server[number].[location]>\n"; I seem to be having trouble with the wildcard* part of it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. -Jose
