extern crate clap; use clap::{App, Arg}; fn main() { // Positional arguments are those values after the program name which are not preceeded by any // identifier (such as "myapp some_file"). Positionals support many of the same options as // flags, as well as a few additional ones. let matches = App::new("MyApp") // Regular App configuration goes here... // We'll add two positional arguments, a input file, and a config file. // // I'll explain each possible setting that "positionals" accept. Keep in // mind that you DO NOT need to set each of these for every flag, only the // ones that apply to your individual case. .arg(Arg::with_name("input") .help("the input file to use") // Displayed when showing help info .index(1) // Set the order in which the user must // specify this argument (Starts at 1) .requires("config") // Says, "If the user uses "input", they MUST // also use this other 'config' arg too" // Can also specifiy a list using // requires_all(Vec<&str>) .mutually_excludes("output") // Opposite of requires(), says "if the // user uses -a, they CANNOT use 'output'" // also has a mutually_excludes_all(Vec<&str>) .required(true) // By default this argument MUST be present // NOTE: mutual exclusions take precedence over // required arguments ) .arg(Arg::with_name("config") .help("the config file to use") .index(2)) // Note, we do not need to specify required(true) // if we don't want to, because "input" already // requires "config" // Note, we also do not need to specify requires("input") // because requires lists are automatically two-way // NOTE: In order to compile this example, comment out mutually_excludes() // because we have not defined an "output" argument. .get_matches(); // We can find out whether or not "input" or "config" were used if matches.is_present("input") { println!("An input file was specified"); } // We can also get the values for those arguments if let Some(ref in_file) = matches.value_of("input") { // It's safe to call unwrap() because of the required options we set above println!("Doing work with {} and {}", in_file, matches.value_of("config").unwrap()); } // Continued program logic goes here... }