Index: /trunk/ippTools/src/dettool.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippTools/src/dettool.c	(revision 8185)
+++ /trunk/ippTools/src/dettool.c	(revision 8186)
@@ -112,5 +112,16 @@
     }
 
-    if (!ippdbPrintMetadatas(stdout, result, "rawDetrendExp", true)) {
+    bool simple = false;
+    {
+        bool status = false;
+        simple = psMetadataLookupBool(&status, config->args, "-simple");
+        if (!status) {
+            psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to lookup value for -simple");
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // negative simple so the default is true
+    if (!ippdbPrintMetadatas(stdout, result, "rawDetrendExp", !simple)) {
         psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, false, "failed to print array");
         psFree(result);
Index: /trunk/ippTools/src/dettoolConfig.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/ippTools/src/dettoolConfig.c	(revision 8185)
+++ /trunk/ippTools/src/dettoolConfig.c	(revision 8186)
@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@
     // -pending
     psMetadata *pendingArgs = psMetadataAlloc();
-    psMetadataAddStr(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-inst",  0, "define camera of interest", NULL);
-    psMetadataAddStr(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-telescope",  0, "define telescope of interest", NULL);
-    psMetadataAddStr(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-filter",  0, "define filter of interest", NULL);
-    psMetadataAddStr(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-exp_id",  0, "define exposure ID", NULL);
-    psMetadataAddStr(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-exp_type",  0, "define exposure type", NULL);
-    psMetadataAddStr(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-uri",  0, "define URL", NULL);
+    psMetadataAddStr(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-inst",  0,
+            "define camera of interest", NULL);
+    psMetadataAddStr(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-telescope",  0,
+            "define telescope of interest", NULL);
+    psMetadataAddStr(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-filter",  0,
+            "define filter of interest", NULL);
+    psMetadataAddStr(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-exp_id",  0,
+            "define exposure ID", NULL);
+    psMetadataAddStr(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-exp_type",  0,
+            "define exposure type", NULL);
+    psMetadataAddStr(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-uri",  0,
+            "define URL", NULL);
+    psMetadataAddBool(pendingArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-simple",  0,
+            "use the simple output format", false);
 
     // -define