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+extern crate clap;
+
+use clap::{App, Arg, SubCommand};
+
+fn main() {
+
+    let matches = App::new("MyApp")
+                        .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("ls")
+                                                .aliases(&["list", "dir"])
+                                                .about("Adds files to myapp")
+                                                .version("0.1")
+                                                .author("Kevin K.")
+                                                .arg(Arg::with_name("input")
+                                                            .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...
+}