//! Somewhat complex example of usage of #[derive(Parser)]. use clap::Parser; #[derive(Parser, Debug)] #[clap(name = "example")] /// An example of clap_derive usage. struct Opt { // A flag, true if used in the command line. #[clap(short, long)] /// Activate debug mode debug: bool, // An argument of type float, with a default value. #[clap(short, long, default_value = "42")] /// Set speed speed: f64, // Needed parameter, the first on the command line. /// Input file input: String, // An optional parameter, will be `None` if not present on the // command line. /// Output file, stdout if not present output: Option, // An optional parameter with optional value, will be `None` if // not present on the command line, will be `Some(None)` if no // argument is provided (i.e. `--log`) and will be // `Some(Some(String))` if argument is provided (e.g. `--log // log.txt`). #[clap(long)] #[allow(clippy::option_option)] /// Log file, stdout if no file, no logging if not present log: Option>, // An optional list of values, will be `None` if not present on // the command line, will be `Some(vec![])` if no argument is // provided (i.e. `--optv`) and will be `Some(Vec)` if // argument list is provided (e.g. `--optv a b c`). #[clap(long)] optv: Option>, // Skipped option: it won't be parsed and will be filled with the // default value for its type (in this case it'll be an empty string). #[clap(skip)] skipped: String, } fn main() { let opt = Opt::parse(); println!("{:?}", opt.skipped); }