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  # NAME
  
  as-cli-arguments - stringify a Capture as command-line arguments
  
  # SYNOPSIS
  
  ```
  use as-cli-arguments;
  sub MAIN(|c) { say as-cli-arguments c, :named-anywhere }
  
  ```
  
  ```
  use as-cli-arguments;
  my %*SUB-MAIN-OPTS = :named-anywhere;
  sub MAIN(|c) { say as-cli-arguments c }
  
  sub MAIN(*@pos, :$foo, :$bar, *%_) {
      die "Found unexpected named arguments: &as-cli-arguments(%_)"
        if %_;
  }
  
  ```
  
  ```
  say as-cli-arguments { :42a, :666b }  # --a=42 --b=666
  
  say as-cli-arguments (:42a, :666b)    # --a=42 --b=666
  
  say as-cli-arguments "a" => 42;       # --a=42
  
  ```
  
  # DESCRIPTION
  
  The `as-cli-arguments` distrubution exports a single subroutine `as-cli-arguments` that takes either a `Capture` object, a hash with named arguments, a `Pair` or a list of `Pair`s and returns a string that represents the contents of the argument given as if they were command line arguments.
  
  If a `Capture` object is specified, then the subroutine also takes an optional named arguments `:named-anywhere` to indicate whether or not the "named arguments anywhere" mode should be assumed. By default, this will use the `%*SUB-MAIN-OPTS<named-anywhere>` setting, if available. Else it will default to `False`.
  
  This is mainly intended as a helper subroutine for command-line scripts and modules that want to give feedback about the given or perceived or unexpected command line parameters.
  
  # AUTHOR
  
  Elizabeth Mattijsen [liz@raku.rocks](mailto:liz@raku.rocks)
  
  Source can be located at: <https://github.com/lizmat/as-cli-arguments> . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.
  
  If you like this module, or what I’m doing more generally, committing to a [small sponsorship](https://github.com/sponsors/lizmat/) would mean a great deal to me!
  
  # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
  
  Copyright 2022, 2024, 2025 Elizabeth Mattijsen
  
  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.
  