Program arguments
Standard Library
The command line arguments can be accessed using std::env::args, which
returns an iterator that yields a String for each argument:
use std::env; fn main() { let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect(); // The first argument is the path that was used to call the program. println!("My path is {}.", args[0]); // The rest of the arguments are the passed command line parameters. // Call the program like this: // $ ./args arg1 arg2 println!("I got {:?} arguments: {:?}.", args.len() - 1, &args[1..]); }
$ ./args 1 2 3
My path is ./args.
I got 3 arguments: ["1", "2", "3"].
Crates
Alternatively, there are numerous crates that can provide extra functionality
when creating command line applications. The Rust Cookbook exhibits best
practices on how to use one of the more popular command line argument crates,
clap.