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-rw-r--r--example_test.go2
-rw-r--r--parse.go2
-rw-r--r--usage.go6
3 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index ea123e4..be3cd12 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func Example_helpTextWithSubcommand() {
MustParse(&args)
// output:
- // Usage: example [--verbose]
+ // Usage: example [--verbose] <command> [<args>]
//
// Options:
// --verbose
diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index 3fcf08a..db9c443 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ type Parser struct {
version string
description string
- // the following fields change curing processing of command line arguments
+ // the following field changes during processing of command line arguments
lastCmd *command
}
diff --git a/usage.go b/usage.go
index 57935fd..7ee68da 100644
--- a/usage.go
+++ b/usage.go
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ func (p *Parser) writeUsageForCommand(w io.Writer, cmd *command) {
fmt.Fprint(w, spec.placeholder)
}
}
+
+ // if the program supports subcommands, give a hint to the user about their existence
+ if len(cmd.subcommands) > 0 {
+ fmt.Fprint(w, " <command> [<args>]")
+ }
+
fmt.Fprint(w, "\n")
}