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 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... }