> I have already seen command line tools which can return structured content (json, xml) with a switch That happens. It doesn't need to a standard format like

> I have already seen command line tools which can return structured content (json, xml) with a switch That happens. It doesn't need to a standard format like that however. Some command like tools add a porcelain option that produces output for scripting (ie no ansi color codes, easy to parse, etc). That works well too.