clap/examples/01a_QuickExample.rs

extern crate clap;

use clap::{App, SubCommand};

fn main() {

    // This example shows how to create an application with several arguments using usage strings, which can be
    // far less verbose that shown in 01b_QuickExample.rs, but is more readable. The downside is you cannot set
    // the more advanced configuration options using this method (well...actually you can, you'll see ;) )
    // 
    // Create an application with 5 possible arguments (2 auto generated) and 2 subcommands (1 auto generated)
    //    - A config file
    //        + Uses "-c filename" or "--config filename"
    //    - An output file
    //        + A positional argument (i.e. "$ myapp output_filename")
    //    - A debug flag
    //        + Uses "-d" or "--debug"
    //        + Allows multiple occurrences of such as "-dd" (for vary levels of debugging, as an example)
    //    - A help flag (automatically generated by clap)
    //        + Uses "-h" or "--help" (Only autogenerated if you do NOT specify your own "-h" or "--help")
    //    - A version flag (automatically generated by clap)
    //        + Uses "-V" or "--version" (Only autogenerated if you do NOT specify your own "-V" or "--version")
    //    - A subcommand "test" (subcommands behave like their own apps, with their own arguments
    //        + Used by "$ myapp test" with the following arguments
    //            > A list flag
    //                = Uses "-l" (usage is "$ myapp test -l"
    //            > A help flag (automatically generated by clap
    //                = Uses "-h" or "--help" (full usage "$ myapp test -h" or "$ myapp test --help")
    //            > A version flag (automatically generated by clap
    //                = Uses "-V" or "--version" (full usage "$ myapp test -V" or "$ myapp test --version")
    //    - A subcommand "help" (automatically generated by clap because we specified a subcommand of our own)
    //        + Used by "$ myapp help" (same functionality as "-h" or "--help")
    let matches = App::new("MyApp")
                        .version("1.0")
                        .author("Kevin K. <kbknapp@gmail.com>")
                        .about("Does awesome things")
                        .args_from_usage("-c --config=[conf] 'Sets a custom config file'
                                         [output] 'Sets an optional output file'
                                         [debug]... -d 'Turn debugging information on'")
                        .subcommand(SubCommand::new("test")
                                                .about("does testing things")
                                                .arg_from_usage("[list] -l 'lists test values'"))
                        .get_matches();

    // You can check the value provided by positional arguments, or option arguments
    if let Some(o) = matches.value_of("output") {
        println!("Value for output: {}", o);
    }
 
    if let Some(c) = matches.value_of("config") {
        println!("Value for config: {}", c);
    }

    // You can see how many times a particular flag or argument occurred
    // Note, only flags can have multiple occurrences
    match matches.occurrences_of("debug") {
        0 => println!("Debug mode is off"),
        1 => println!("Debug mode is kind of on"),
        2 => println!("Debug mode is on"),
        3 | _ => println!("Don't be crazy"),
     }

    // You can check for the existence of subcommands, and if found use their
    // matches just as you would the top level app
     if let Some(ref matches) = matches.subcommand_matches("test") {
         // "$ myapp test" was run
         if matches.is_present("list") {
             // "$ myapp test -l" was run
             println!("Printing testing lists...");
         } else {
             println!("Not printing testing lists...");
         }
     }
     
     
    // Continued program logic goes here...
}