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+extern crate clap;
+
+use clap::{App, Arg, SubCommand};
+
+fn main() {
+
+    // SubCommands function exactly like sub-Apps, because that's exactly what they are. Each
+    // instance of a SubCommand can have it's own version, author(s), Args, and even it's own
+    // subcommands.
+    //
+    // # Help and Version
+    // Just like Apps, each subcommand will get it's own "help" and "version" flags automatically
+    // generated. Also, like Apps, you can override "-V" or "-h" safely and still get "--help" and
+    // "--version" auto generated.
+    //
+    // NOTE: If you specify a subcommand for your App, clap will also autogenerate a "help"
+    // subcommand along with "-h" and "--help" (applies to sub-subcommands as well).
+    //
+    // Just like arg() and args(), subcommands can be specified one at a time via subcommand() or
+    // multiple ones at once with a Vec<SubCommand> provided to subcommands().
+    let matches = App::new("MyApp")
+                        // Normal App and Arg configuration goes here...
+
+                        // In the following example assume we wanted an application which
+                        // supported an "add" subcommand, this "add" subcommand also took
+                        // one positional argument of a file to add:
+                        .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("add")                        // The name we call argument with
+                                                .about("Adds files to myapp")           // The message displayed in "myapp -h"
+                                                                                        // or "myapp help"
+                                                .version("0.1")                         // Subcommands can have independent version
+                                                .author("Kevin K.")                     // And authors
+                                                .arg(Arg::with_name("input")            // And their own arguments
+                                                            .help("the file to add")
+                                                            .index(1)
+                                                            .required(true)))
+                        .get_matches();
+
+    // You can check if a subcommand was used like normal
+    if matches.is_present("add") {
+        println!("'myapp add' was run.");
+    }
+
+    // You can get the independent subcommand matches (which function exactly like App matches)
+    if let Some(matches) = matches.subcommand_matches("add") {
+        // Safe to use unwrap() because of the required() option
+        println!("Adding file: {}", matches.value_of("input").unwrap());
+    }
+
+    // You can also match on a subcommand's name
+    match matches.subcommand_name() {
+        Some("add") => println!("'myapp add' was used"),
+        None        => println!("No subcommand was used"),
+        _           => println!("Some other subcommand was used"),
+    }
+
+    // Continued program logic goes here...
+}