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 Command Line Argument Parser for Rust
 
-It is a simple to use, efficient, and full featured library for parsing command line arguments and subcommands when writing console, or terminal applications.
+It is a simple-to-use, efficient, and full-featured library for parsing command line arguments and subcommands when writing console/terminal applications.
 
 ## [documentation](http://kbknapp.github.io/clap-rs/clap/index.html)