IME commands get there by expressing complexity that belongs in a full configuration file on the command line (as well / instead).
It's nice if things are simple enough that a hand-full or two of flags are sufficient. However more complex programs that do more or substantially different things from traditional bytestream filter programs often do need proper configuration files.
It's nice if things are simple enough that a hand-full or two of flags are sufficient. However more complex programs that do more or substantially different things from traditional bytestream filter programs often do need proper configuration files.