#[macro_use] extern crate clap; // Note, there isn't a need for "use clap::{ ... };" Because the clap_app! macro uses // $crate:: internally fn main() { // Validation example testing that a file exists let file_exists = |path| { if std::fs::metadata(path).is_ok() { Ok(()) } else { Err(String::from("File doesn't exist")) } }; // External module may contain this subcommand. If this exists in another module, a function is // required to access it. Recommend `fn clap() -> Clap::SubCommand`. let external_sub_command = clap_app!( @subcommand foo => (@arg bar: -b "Bar") ); let matches = clap_app!(MyApp => (@setting SubcommandRequiredElseHelp) (version: "1.0") (author: "Alice") (about: "Does awesome things") (@arg config: -c --config #{1, 2} {file_exists} "Sets a custom config file") (@arg input: * "Input file") (@group test => (@attributes +required) (@arg output: "Sets an optional output file") (@arg debug: -d ... "Turn debugging information on") ) (subcommand: external_sub_command) (@subcommand test => (about: "does testing things") (version: "2.5") (@arg list: -l "Lists test values") (@arg test_req: -r requires[list] "Tests requirement for listing") (@arg aaaa: --aaaa +takes_value { |a| if a.contains("a") { Ok(()) } else { Err(String::from("string does not contain at least one a")) } } "Test if the argument contains an a") ) ).get_matches(); // You can check the value provided by positional arguments, or option arguments if let Some(o) = matches.value_of("output") { println!("Value for output: {}", o); } if let Some(c) = matches.value_of("config") { println!("Value for config: {}", c); } // You can see how many times a particular flag or argument occurred // Note, only flags can have multiple occurrences match matches.occurrences_of("debug") { 0 => println!("Debug mode is off"), 1 => println!("Debug mode is kind of on"), 2 => println!("Debug mode is on"), 3 | _ => println!("Don't be crazy"), } // You can check for the existence of subcommands, and if found use their // matches just as you would the top level app if let Some(ref matches) = matches.subcommand_matches("test") { // "$ 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... }