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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 19:33:14 +0000 |
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diff --git a/third_party/rust/clap/examples/escaped-positional.md b/third_party/rust/clap/examples/escaped-positional.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1f71a87369 --- /dev/null +++ b/third_party/rust/clap/examples/escaped-positional.md @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +*Jump to [source](escaped-positional.rs)* + +**This requires enabling the `cargo` feature flag.** + +You can use `--` to escape further arguments. + +Let's see what this looks like in the help: +```console +$ escaped-positional --help +clap [..] +A simple to use, efficient, and full-featured Command Line Argument Parser + +USAGE: + escaped-positional[EXE] [OPTIONS] [-- <SLOP>...] + +ARGS: + <SLOP>... + +OPTIONS: + -f + -h, --help Print help information + -p <PEAR> + -V, --version Print version information + +``` + +Here is a baseline without any arguments: +```console +$ escaped-positional +-f used: false +-p's value: None +'slops' values: [] + +``` + +Notice that we can't pass positional arguments before `--`: +```console +$ escaped-positional foo bar +? failed +error: Found argument 'foo' which wasn't expected, or isn't valid in this context + +USAGE: + escaped-positional[EXE] [OPTIONS] [-- <SLOP>...] + +For more information try --help + +``` + +But you can after: +```console +$ escaped-positional -f -p=bob -- sloppy slop slop +-f used: true +-p's value: Some("bob") +'slops' values: ["sloppy", "slop", "slop"] + +``` + +As mentioned, the parser will directly pass everything through: +```console +$ escaped-positional -- -f -p=bob sloppy slop slop +-f used: false +-p's value: None +'slops' values: ["-f", "-p=bob", "sloppy", "slop", "slop"] + +``` |