diff --git a/openalprnet-cli/CommandLine.cs b/openalprnet-cli/CommandLine.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c861a6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openalprnet-cli/CommandLine.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Dr. Masroor Ehsan
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenAlpr.Net.
+ *
+ * OpenAlpr.Net is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace openalprnet_cli
+{
+    internal static class CommandLine
+    {
+        private const string NameGroup = "name"; // Names of capture groups
+        private const string ValueGroup = "value";
+        /* The regex that extracts names and comma-separated values for switches 
+        in the form (<switch>[="value 1",value2,...])+ */
+
+        private static readonly Regex RexPattern =
+            new Regex(@"(?<name>[^=]+)=?((?<quoted>\""?)(?<value>(?(quoted)[^\""]+|[^,]+))\""?,?)*",
+                      RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant |
+                      RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
+
+        public static void Process(this string[] args, Action printUsage, params Switch[] switches)
+        {
+            /* Run through all matches in the argument list and if any of the switches 
+            match, get the values and invoke the handler we were given. We do a Sum() 
+            here for 2 reasons; a) To actually run the handlers
+            and b) see if any were invoked at all (each returns 1 if invoked).
+            If none were invoked, we simply invoke the printUsage handler. */
+            if ((from arg in args
+                 from Match match in RexPattern.Matches(arg)
+                 from s in switches
+                 where match.Success &&
+                       ((string.Compare(match.Groups[NameGroup].Value, s.Name, true) == 0) ||
+                        (string.Compare(match.Groups[NameGroup].Value, s.ShortForm, true) == 0))
+                 select s.InvokeHandler(match.Groups[ValueGroup].Value.Split(','))).Sum() == 0)
+                printUsage(); // We didn't find any switches
+        }
+
+        public class Switch // Class that encapsulates switch data.
+        {
+            public Switch(string name, Action<IEnumerable<string>> handler, string shortForm)
+            {
+                Name = name;
+                Handler = handler;
+                ShortForm = shortForm;
+            }
+
+            public Switch(string name, Action<IEnumerable<string>> handler)
+            {
+                Name = name;
+                Handler = handler;
+                ShortForm = null;
+            }
+
+            public string Name { get; private set; }
+            public string ShortForm { get; private set; }
+            public Action<IEnumerable<string>> Handler { get; private set; }
+
+            public int InvokeHandler(string[] values)
+            {
+                Handler(values);
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/openalprnet-cli/Program.cs b/openalprnet-cli/Program.cs
index ddef99b..f6881e3 100644
--- a/openalprnet-cli/Program.cs
+++ b/openalprnet-cli/Program.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
@@ -37,22 +38,102 @@ namespace openalprnet_cli
             }
         }
 
+        private static bool StrToBool(string s)
+        {
+            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(s) && s.Trim() == "1";
+        }
+
         private static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine(AlprNet.getVersion());
+            var region = "us";
+            var detectRegion = false;
+            var benchmark = false;
+            var json = false;
+            var filename = string.Empty;
+
+
+            args.Process(
+                () => Console.WriteLine("Usage: r=us/eu b=0/1 j=0/1 d=0/1 f=<filename>"),
+                new CommandLine.Switch("r",
+                                       val => { if (val.Any()) region = val.First().Trim().ToLower(); }),
+                new CommandLine.Switch("b",
+                                       val => { if (val.Any()) benchmark = StrToBool(val.First()); }),
+                new CommandLine.Switch("j",
+                                       val => { if (val.Any()) json = StrToBool(val.First()); }),
+                new CommandLine.Switch("d",
+                                       val => { if (val.Any()) detectRegion = StrToBool(val.First()); }),
+                new CommandLine.Switch("f",
+                                       val => { if (val.Any()) filename = val.First().Trim(); })
+                );
+
+            Console.WriteLine("OpenAlpr Version: {0}", AlprNet.getVersion());
             var config = Path.Combine(AssemblyDirectory, "openalpr.conf");
-            var alpr = new AlprNet("us", config);
-            var loaded = alpr.isLoaded();
-            var samplePath = Path.Combine(AssemblyDirectory, @"samples\us-1.jpg");
-            var imgBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(samplePath);
+            var alpr = new AlprNet(region, config);
+            if (!alpr.isLoaded())
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("OpenAlpr failed to loaded!");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            //var samplePath = Path.Combine(AssemblyDirectory, @"samples\eu-1.jpg");
             //alpr.TopN = 3;
-            alpr.DefaultRegion = "us";
-            alpr.DetectRegion = true;
-            //var results = alpr.recognize(samplePath);
-            var results = alpr.recognize(imgBytes);
-            var json = alpr.toJson();
-            Console.WriteLine(json);
-            var plates = results.First().topNPlates;
+            alpr.DefaultRegion = region;
+            alpr.DetectRegion = detectRegion;
+
+            if (Directory.Exists(filename))
+            {
+                var files = Directory.GetFiles(filename, "*.jpg", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
+                foreach (var fname in files)
+                {
+                    PerformAlpr(alpr, fname, benchmark, json);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (!File.Exists(filename))
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("The file doesn't exist!");
+                return;
+            }
+            var buffer = File.ReadAllBytes(filename);
+            PerformAlpr(alpr, buffer, benchmark, json);
+        }
+
+        private static void PerformAlpr(AlprNet alpr, string filename, bool benchmark, bool writeJson)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("Processing '{0}'...\n------------------", Path.GetFileName(filename));
+            var buffer = File.ReadAllBytes(filename);
+            PerformAlpr(alpr, buffer, benchmark, writeJson);
+        }
+
+        private static void PerformAlpr(AlprNet alpr, byte[] buffer, bool benchmark, bool writeJson)
+        {
+            var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            var results = alpr.recognize(buffer);
+            sw.Stop();
+            if (benchmark)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("Total Time to process image(s): {0} msec(s)", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
+            }
+
+            if (writeJson)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine(alpr.toJson());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                var i = 0;
+                foreach (var result in results)
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine("Plate {0}: {1} result(s)", i++, result.result_count);
+                    Console.WriteLine("  Processing Time: {0} msec(s)", result.processing_time_ms);
+                    foreach (var plate in result.topNPlates)
+                    {
+                        Console.WriteLine("  - {0}\t Confidence: {1}\tMatches Template: {2}", plate.characters,
+                                          plate.overall_confidence, plate.matches_template);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/openalprnet-cli/openalprnet-cli.csproj b/openalprnet-cli/openalprnet-cli.csproj
index 4e641d8..2fb8ce5 100644
--- a/openalprnet-cli/openalprnet-cli.csproj
+++ b/openalprnet-cli/openalprnet-cli.csproj
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="CommandLine.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>