Getopt-Long-2.38 is stricter about what it allows. diff -Nuar mytop-1.6.orig/mytop mytop-1.6/mytop --- mytop-1.6.orig/mytop 2009-04-10 00:47:31.007111359 -0700 +++ mytop-1.6/mytop 2009-04-10 00:50:39.875391905 -0700 @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ "idle|i" => \$config{idle}, "resolve|r" => \$config{resolve}, "prompt!" => \$config{prompt}, - "long|!" => \$config{long_nums}, + "long!" => \$config{long_nums}, "mode|m=s" => \$config{mode}, "sort=s" => \$config{sort}, );