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