use clap::{app_from_crate, arg, App, AppSettings}; fn main() { let matches = app_from_crate!() .global_setting(AppSettings::PropagateVersion) .global_setting(AppSettings::UseLongFormatForHelpSubcommand) .setting(AppSettings::SubcommandRequiredElseHelp) .subcommand( App::new("add") .about("Adds files to myapp") .arg(arg!([NAME])), ) .get_matches(); match matches.subcommand() { Some(("add", sub_matches)) => println!( "'myapp add' was used, name is: {:?}", sub_matches.value_of("NAME") ), _ => unreachable!(), } }