use clap::{App, Arg}; fn main() { // There are two ways in which to get a default value, one is to use clap's Arg::default_value // method, and the other is to use Rust's built in Option::unwrap_or method. // // I'll demo both here. // // First, we'll use clap's Arg::default_value with an "INPUT" file. let matches = App::new("myapp") .about("does awesome things") .arg( Arg::new("INPUT") .about("The input file to use") .default_value("input.txt") .index(1), ) // Next we'll use the Option::unwrap_or method on this "CONFIG" option .arg( Arg::new("CONFIG") .about("The config file to use") .short('c') .takes_value(true), ) .get_matches(); // It's safe to call unwrap because the value will either be what the user input at runtime // or "input.txt" let input = matches.value_of("INPUT").unwrap(); // Using Option::unwrap_or we get the same effect, but without the added help text injection let config_file = matches.value_of("CONFIG").unwrap_or("config.json"); println!("The input file is: {}", input); println!("The config file is: {}", config_file); }