require 'getoptlong' options = GetoptLong.new( ['--xxx', '-x', GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT], ['--yyy', '-y', GetoptLong::OPTIONAL_ARGUMENT], ['--zzz', '-z',GetoptLong::NO_ARGUMENT] ) puts "Original ARGV: #{ARGV}" options.each do |option, argument| p [option, argument] end puts "Remaining ARGV: #{ARGV}"