> The problem: a command line interface must be human readable and machine readable at the same time. There is no canonical way to solve this problem. It's not

> The problem: a command line interface must be human readable and machine readable at the same time. There is no canonical way to solve this problem. It's not really the "same time". Usually, human and machine use the same command, but at different times. And there are many ways to enable different outputs, even at the same time. But this all depends on having some standard which everyone follows. And that's where it becomes complicated.