diff --git a/hecl/blender/CBlenderConnection.cpp b/hecl/blender/CBlenderConnection.cpp
index bbd3b6978..381c30c38 100644
--- a/hecl/blender/CBlenderConnection.cpp
+++ b/hecl/blender/CBlenderConnection.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ bool CBlenderConnection::openBlend(const std::string& path)
     return false;
 }
 
-bool CBlenderConnection::cookBlend(std::function<void*(uint32_t)> bufGetter,
+bool CBlenderConnection::cookBlend(std::function<char*(uint32_t)> bufGetter,
                                    const std::string& expectedType,
                                    const std::string& platform,
                                    bool bigEndian)
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ bool CBlenderConnection::cookBlend(std::function<void*(uint32_t)> bufGetter,
          _readLine(lineBuf, sizeof(lineBuf)))
     {
         uint32_t sz;
-        _readBuf(&sz, 4);
-        void* buf = bufGetter(sz);
+        _readBuf((char*)&sz, 4);
+        char* buf = bufGetter(sz);
         _readBuf(buf, sz);
     }
     if (!strcmp("SUCCESS", lineBuf))
diff --git a/hecl/blender/CBlenderConnection.hpp b/hecl/blender/CBlenderConnection.hpp
index 8c7bcef3d..9e8049a02 100644
--- a/hecl/blender/CBlenderConnection.hpp
+++ b/hecl/blender/CBlenderConnection.hpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public:
         CP_MODERN = 0,
         CP_GX     = 1,
     };
-    bool cookBlend(std::function<void*(uint32_t)> bufGetter,
+    bool cookBlend(std::function<char*(uint32_t)> bufGetter,
                    const std::string& expectedType,
                    const std::string& platform,
                    bool bigEndian=false);
diff --git a/hecl/driver/CToolAdd.hpp b/hecl/driver/CToolAdd.hpp
index d053d75d7..104a18918 100644
--- a/hecl/driver/CToolAdd.hpp
+++ b/hecl/driver/CToolAdd.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define CTOOL_ADD
 
 #include "CToolBase.hpp"
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 class CToolAdd final : public CToolBase
 {
@@ -15,8 +16,41 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    static void Help()
+    static void Help(CHelpOutput& help)
     {
+        help.secHead("NAME");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl-add - Add working files to the HECL index\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("SYNOPSIS");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl add [<pathspec>...]\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("DESCRIPTION");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("This command stages a file or glob-pattern of files within the project database "
+                  "for inclusion in the ");
+        help.wrapBold("hecl cook");
+        help.wrap(" process.\n\n"
+                  "Files added in this manner automatically become 'explicit' database "
+                  "objects. 'Explicit objects' will not be removed in housekeeping tasks automatically "
+                  "performed by HECL's library functions, unless the user (re)moves the file "
+                  "using the filesystem.\n\n"
+                  "For details on explicit vs. implicit objects, view the ");
+        help.wrapBold("hecl cook");
+        help.wrap(" documentation.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("OPTIONS");
+        help.optionHead("<pathspec>...", "input file(s)");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Working file(s) containing production data to be cooked by HECL. "
+                  "Glob-strings may be specified (e.g. ");
+        help.wrapBold("*.blend");
+        help.wrap(") to automatically add all matching files to the database.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
     }
 
     std::string toolName() const {return "add";}
diff --git a/hecl/driver/CToolBase.hpp b/hecl/driver/CToolBase.hpp
index a1d9b32f8..087b66f05 100644
--- a/hecl/driver/CToolBase.hpp
+++ b/hecl/driver/CToolBase.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <HECLDatabase.hpp>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 struct SToolPassInfo
 {
@@ -26,4 +30,161 @@ public:
     virtual int run()=0;
 };
 
+#define RED "\033[0;31m"
+#define GREEN "\033[0;32m"
+#define CYAN "\033[0;36m"
+#define BOLD "\033[1m"
+#define NORMAL "\033[0m"
+
+#define WRAP_INDENT 4
+
+extern bool XTERM_COLOR;
+
+class CHelpOutput
+{
+public:
+    typedef void(*THelpFunc)(CHelpOutput&);
+private:
+    FILE* m_sout;
+    THelpFunc m_helpFunc;
+    int m_lineWidth;
+    std::string m_wrapBuffer;
+
+    void _wrapBuf(std::string& string)
+    {
+        int counter;
+        std::string::iterator it = string.begin();
+
+        while (it != string.end())
+        {
+            std::string::iterator v=it;
+
+            /* copy string until the end of the line is reached */
+            for (counter=WRAP_INDENT ; counter < m_lineWidth ; ++counter)
+            {
+                if (*it == '\n')
+                {
+                    counter = WRAP_INDENT;
+                    ++it;
+                }
+                if (counter == WRAP_INDENT)
+                    it = string.insert(it, WRAP_INDENT, ' ') + WRAP_INDENT;
+                if (it >= string.end())
+                    return;
+                if (*it != '\n')
+                    ++it;
+            }
+            /* check for whitespace */
+            if (isspace(*it))
+            {
+                *it = '\n';
+                counter = WRAP_INDENT;
+                ++it;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                /* check for nearest whitespace back in string */
+                for (std::string::iterator k=it ; k!=string.begin() ; --k)
+                {
+                    if (isspace(*k))
+                    {
+                        counter = WRAP_INDENT;
+                        if (k < v)
+                        {
+                            k = it;
+                            string.insert(k, '\n');
+                        }
+                        else
+                            *k = '\n';
+                        it = k + 1;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+public:
+
+    CHelpOutput(THelpFunc helpFunc)
+    : m_sout(NULL), m_helpFunc(helpFunc)
+    {
+        struct winsize w;
+        m_lineWidth = 80;
+        if (ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ, &w) != -1)
+            m_lineWidth = w.ws_col;
+        if (m_lineWidth < 10)
+            m_lineWidth = 10;
+    }
+
+    void go()
+    {
+        m_sout = popen("less -R", "w");
+        if (m_sout)
+        {
+            m_helpFunc(*this);
+            pclose(m_sout);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            m_sout = stdout;
+            m_helpFunc(*this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void print(const char* str)
+    {
+        fputs(str, m_sout);
+    }
+
+    void printBold(const char* str)
+    {
+        if (XTERM_COLOR)
+            fprintf(m_sout, BOLD "%s" NORMAL, str);
+        else
+            fputs(str, m_sout);
+    }
+
+    void secHead(const char* headName)
+    {
+        if (XTERM_COLOR)
+            fprintf(m_sout, BOLD "%s" NORMAL "\n", headName);
+        else
+            fprintf(m_sout, "%s\n", headName);
+    }
+
+    void optionHead(const char* flag, const char* synopsis)
+    {
+        if (XTERM_COLOR)
+            fprintf(m_sout, BOLD "%s" NORMAL " (%s)\n", flag, synopsis);
+        else
+            fprintf(m_sout, "%s (%s)\n", flag, synopsis);
+    }
+
+    void beginWrap()
+    {
+        m_wrapBuffer.clear();
+    }
+
+    void wrap(const char* str)
+    {
+        m_wrapBuffer += str;
+    }
+
+    void wrapBold(const char* str)
+    {
+        m_wrapBuffer += BOLD;
+        m_wrapBuffer += str;
+        m_wrapBuffer += NORMAL;
+    }
+
+    void endWrap()
+    {
+        _wrapBuf(m_wrapBuffer);
+        m_wrapBuffer += '\n';
+        fputs(m_wrapBuffer.c_str(), m_sout);
+        m_wrapBuffer.clear();
+    }
+};
+
 #endif // CTOOL_BASE
diff --git a/hecl/driver/CToolClean.hpp b/hecl/driver/CToolClean.hpp
index e96e1f675..de8b9df3b 100644
--- a/hecl/driver/CToolClean.hpp
+++ b/hecl/driver/CToolClean.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define CTOOL_CLEAN
 
 #include "CToolBase.hpp"
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 class CToolClean final : public CToolBase
 {
@@ -15,8 +16,47 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    static void Help()
+    static void Help(CHelpOutput& help)
     {
+        help.secHead("NAME");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl-clean - Delete cached cooked objects referenced via working files\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("SYNOPSIS");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl clean [-ri] [<pathspec>...]\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("DESCRIPTION");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("This command performs an immediate deletion of cooked objects cached "
+                  "within the project database. It may operate on a subset of objects or the "
+                  "entire project.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("OPTIONS");
+        help.optionHead("<pathspec>...", "clean path(s)");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("When one or more paths are specified in the command, the clean process will "
+                  "restrict object deletion to only the working file(s) specified. If ");
+        help.wrapBold("-r");
+        help.wrap(" is also specifed, directories may be provided as well. If no path(s) specified, "
+                  "the entire project is cleaned.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.optionHead("-r", "recursion");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Enables recursive file-matching for cleaning entire directories of working files.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.optionHead("-i", "follow implicit links");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Enables implicit object traversal and cleaning. This is only useful if one or more paths "
+                  "are specified. For objects supporting implicit-gathering, this will query those "
+                  "objects for their current implicit links and ensure the linked-objects are cleaned "
+                  "as well.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
     }
 
     std::string toolName() const {return "clean";}
diff --git a/hecl/driver/CToolCook.hpp b/hecl/driver/CToolCook.hpp
index 04a6dec0c..d8b3f2169 100644
--- a/hecl/driver/CToolCook.hpp
+++ b/hecl/driver/CToolCook.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define CTOOL_COOK
 
 #include "CToolBase.hpp"
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 class CToolCook final : public CToolBase
 {
@@ -15,8 +16,58 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    static void Help()
+    static void Help(CHelpOutput& help)
     {
+        help.secHead("NAME");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl-cook - Cook objects within the project database\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("SYNOPSIS");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl cook [-r] [<pathspec>...]\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("DESCRIPTION");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("This command initiates a cooking pass on the project database. Cooking "
+                  "is analogous to compiling in software development. The resulting object buffers "
+                  "are cached within the project database. HECL performs the following "
+                  "tasks for each object during the cook process:\n\n");
+        help.wrapBold("- Object Gather: ");
+        help.wrap("Files added with ");
+        help.wrapBold("hecl add");
+        help.wrap(" are queried for their dependent files (e.g. ");
+        help.wrapBold(".blend");
+        help.wrap(" files return any linked ");
+        help.wrapBold(".png");
+        help.wrap(" images). If the dependent files are unable to be found, the cook process aborts.\n\n");
+        help.wrapBold("- Modtime Comparison: ");
+        help.wrap("Files that have previously finished a cook pass are inspected for their time of "
+                  "last modification. If the file hasn't changed since its previous cook-pass, the "
+                  "process is skipped. If the file has been moved or deleted, the object is automatically "
+                  "removed from the project database.\n\n");
+        help.wrapBold("- Cook: ");
+        help.wrap("A type-specific procedure compiles the file's contents into an efficient format "
+                  "for use by the runtime. A data-buffer is provided to HECL.\n\n");
+        help.wrapBold("- Hash and Compress: ");
+        help.wrap("The data-buffer is hashed and compressed before being cached in the object database.\n\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("OPTIONS");
+        help.optionHead("<pathspec>...", "input file(s)");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Specifies working file(s) containing production data to be cooked by HECL. "
+                  "Glob-strings may be specified (e.g. ");
+        help.wrapBold("*.blend");
+        help.wrap(") to automatically cook all matching current-directory files in the project database. "
+                  "If no path specified, all files in the project database are cooked.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.optionHead("-r", "recursion");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Enables recursive file-matching for cooking entire directories of working files.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
     }
 
     std::string toolName() const {return "cook";}
diff --git a/hecl/driver/CToolGroup.hpp b/hecl/driver/CToolGroup.hpp
index 71ab9e419..4648f44e1 100644
--- a/hecl/driver/CToolGroup.hpp
+++ b/hecl/driver/CToolGroup.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define CTOOL_GROUP
 
 #include "CToolBase.hpp"
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 class CToolGroup final : public CToolBase
 {
@@ -15,8 +16,44 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    static void Help()
+    static void Help(CHelpOutput& help)
     {
+        help.secHead("NAME");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl-group - Fork a project directory as an explicit group\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("SYNOPSIS");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl group [-D] <dir>\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("DESCRIPTION");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("This command turns a nested subdirectory of the project into a HECL group. "
+                  "Groups play an important role in the resulting structure of the packaged "
+                  "database. All objects in HECL belong to a group of some sort since the runtime "
+                  "only provides loading functions for groups. Ungrouped "
+                  "objects in the project root are individually added to 'loose groups'.\n\n With ");
+        help.wrapBold("hecl group");
+        help.wrap(", explicit groups may be defined (e.g. a stage, level, area, loadable segment). ");
+        help.wrap("Groups are defined by filesystem directories relative to the project root "
+                  "and may be loaded within the runtime using the relative path as a lookup-string. "
+                  "Sub-directories that aren't explicitly made into a group inherit the group-status "
+                  "of the parent directory.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("OPTIONS");
+        help.optionHead("<dir>", "group directory path");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Directory to fork as an explicit group\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.optionHead("-D", "delete group");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Remove's directory's status as an explicit group; restoring its inheritance "
+                  "from the parent directory.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
     }
 
     std::string toolName() const {return "group";}
diff --git a/hecl/driver/CToolHelp.hpp b/hecl/driver/CToolHelp.hpp
index d9b6b740d..b8514381c 100644
--- a/hecl/driver/CToolHelp.hpp
+++ b/hecl/driver/CToolHelp.hpp
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 #include "CToolBase.hpp"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <functional>
 
 class CToolHelp final : public CToolBase
 {
+
+
 public:
     CToolHelp(const SToolPassInfo& info)
     : CToolBase(info)
@@ -19,54 +22,64 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    static void Help()
+
+
+    static void Help(CHelpOutput& help)
     {
-        printf("................................___________ \n"
-               "...........................,.-'\"...........``~., \n"
-               "........................,.-\".......................\"-., \n"
-               "....................,/..................................\":, \n"
-               "..................,?........................................, \n"
-               "................/...........................................,}\n"
-               "............../........................................,:`^`..}\n"
-               "............./.......................................,:\"...../\n"
-               "............?.....__..................................:`...../\n"
-               ".........../__.(...\"~-,_...........................,:`....../\n"
-               "........../(_....\"~,_....\"~,_.....................,:`...._/ \n"
-               "..........{.._$;_....\"=,_.....\"-,_......,.-~-,},.~\";/....} \n"
-               "...........((...*~_......\"=-._...\";,,./`........../\"..../ \n"
-               "...,,,___.`~,......\"~.,....................`......}....../ \n"
-               "............(....`=-,,...`.........................(...;_,,-\" \n"
-               "............/.`~,......`-.................................../ \n"
-               ".............`~.*-,.....................................|,./...,__ \n"
-               ",,_..........}.>-._...................................|.......`=~-, \n"
-               ".....`=~-,__......`,................................. \n"
-               "...................`=~-,,.,........................... \n"
-               ".........................`:,,..........................`\n"
-               "...........................`=-,...............,%%`>--==`` \n"
-               ".................................._.........._,-%%...` \n"
-               "...................................,\n");
+        help.printBold("................................___________ \n"
+                       "...........................,.-'\"...........``~., \n"
+                       "........................,.-\".......................\"-., \n"
+                       "....................,/..................................\":, \n"
+                       "..................,?........................................, \n"
+                       "................/...........................................,}\n"
+                       "............../........................................,:`^`..}\n"
+                       "............./.......................................,:\"...../\n"
+                       "............?.....__..................................:`...../\n"
+                       ".........../__.(...\"~-,_...........................,:`....../\n"
+                       "........../(_....\"~,_....\"~,_.....................,:`...._/ \n"
+                       "..........{.._$;_....\"=,_.....\"-,_......,.-~-,},.~\";/....} \n"
+                       "...........((...*~_......\"=-._...\";,,./`........../\"..../ \n"
+                       "...,,,___.`~,......\"~.,....................`......}....../ \n"
+                       "............(....`=-,,...`.........................(...;_,,-\" \n"
+                       "............/.`~,......`-.................................../ \n"
+                       ".............`~.*-,.....................................|,./...,__ \n"
+                       ",,_..........}.>-._...................................|.......`=~-, \n"
+                       ".....`=~-,__......`,................................. \n"
+                       "...................`=~-,,.,........................... \n"
+                       ".........................`:,,..........................`\n"
+                       "...........................`=-,...............,%%`>--==`` \n"
+                       ".................................._.........._,-%%...` \n"
+                       "...................................,\n");
     }
 
     static void ToolHelp(const std::string& toolName)
     {
+        /* Select tool's help-text streamer */
+        CHelpOutput::THelpFunc helpFunc = NULL;
         if (toolName == "init")
-            CToolInit::Help();
+            helpFunc = CToolInit::Help;
         else if (toolName == "add")
-            CToolAdd::Help();
+            helpFunc = CToolAdd::Help;
         else if (toolName == "remove" || toolName == "rm")
-            CToolRemove::Help();
+            helpFunc = CToolRemove::Help;
         else if (toolName == "group")
-            CToolGroup::Help();
+            helpFunc = CToolGroup::Help;
         else if (toolName == "cook")
-            CToolCook::Help();
+            helpFunc = CToolCook::Help;
         else if (toolName == "clean")
-            CToolClean::Help();
-        else if (toolName == "package")
-            CToolPackage::Help();
+            helpFunc = CToolClean::Help;
+        else if (toolName == "package" || toolName == "pack")
+            helpFunc = CToolPackage::Help;
         else if (toolName == "help")
-            CToolHelp::Help();
+            helpFunc = CToolHelp::Help;
         else
+        {
             throw std::invalid_argument("unrecognized tool '" + toolName + "' - can't help");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        CHelpOutput ho(helpFunc);
+        ho.go();
     }
 
     std::string toolName() const {return "help";}
diff --git a/hecl/driver/CToolInit.hpp b/hecl/driver/CToolInit.hpp
index 7e867282f..0f11ae85d 100644
--- a/hecl/driver/CToolInit.hpp
+++ b/hecl/driver/CToolInit.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define CTOOL_INIT
 
 #include "CToolBase.hpp"
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 class CToolInit final : public CToolBase
 {
@@ -15,8 +16,31 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    static void Help()
+    static void Help(CHelpOutput& help)
     {
+        help.secHead("NAME");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl-init - Initialize a brand-new project database\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("SYNOPSIS");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl init [<dir>]\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("DESCRIPTION");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Creates a ");
+        help.wrapBold(".hecl");
+        help.wrap(" directory within the selected directory with an initialized database index. "
+                  "This constitutes an empty HECL project, ready for making stuff!!\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("OPTIONS");
+        help.optionHead("<dir>", "group directory path");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Directory to create new project database in. If not specified, current directory is used.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
     }
 
     std::string toolName() const {return "init";}
diff --git a/hecl/driver/CToolPackage.hpp b/hecl/driver/CToolPackage.hpp
index 9e5e6a27c..a6035a630 100644
--- a/hecl/driver/CToolPackage.hpp
+++ b/hecl/driver/CToolPackage.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include "CToolBase.hpp"
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 class CToolPackage final : public CToolBase
 {
@@ -17,8 +18,45 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    static void Help()
+    static void Help(CHelpOutput& help)
     {
+        help.secHead("NAME");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl-pack\n"
+                  "hecl-package - Package objects within the project database\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("SYNOPSIS");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl package [-a] [-o <package-out>] [<input-dir>]\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("DESCRIPTION");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("This command initiates a packaging pass on the project database. Packaging "
+                  "is analogous to linking in software development. All objects necessary to "
+                  "generate a complete package are gathered, grouped, and indexed within an .hlpk file.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("OPTIONS");
+        help.optionHead("<dir>", "input directory");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Specifies a project subdirectory to root the resulting package from. "
+                  "If any dependent-files fall outside this subdirectory, they will implicitly "
+                  "be gathered and packaged.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.optionHead("-o <package-out>", "output package file");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Specifies a target path to write the package. If not specified, the package "
+                  "is written into <project-root>/out/<relative-input-dirs>/<input-dir>.hlpk\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.optionHead("-a", "auto cook");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Any referenced objects that haven't already been cooked are automatically cooked as "
+                  "part of the packaging process. If this flag is omitted, the packaging process will abort.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
     }
 
     std::string toolName() const {return "package";}
diff --git a/hecl/driver/CToolRemove.hpp b/hecl/driver/CToolRemove.hpp
index 2664967df..7e8c1428d 100644
--- a/hecl/driver/CToolRemove.hpp
+++ b/hecl/driver/CToolRemove.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define CTOOL_REMOVE
 
 #include "CToolBase.hpp"
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 class CToolRemove final : public CToolBase
 {
@@ -15,8 +16,39 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    static void Help()
+    static void Help(CHelpOutput& help)
     {
+        help.secHead("NAME");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl-rm\n");
+        help.wrap("hecl-remove - Remove working files from the HECL index\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("SYNOPSIS");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("hecl remove [-r] [<pathspec>...]\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("DESCRIPTION");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("This command removes a file, directory, or glob-pattern of files from the project database. "
+                  "Once a file is removed, any cooked cache objects are deleted automatically. ");
+        help.wrapBold("The working file itself is not deleted from the filesystem.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.secHead("OPTIONS");
+        help.optionHead("<pathspec>...", "input file(s)");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Working file(s) to be removed from the project database. "
+                  "Glob-strings may be specified (e.g. ");
+        help.wrapBold("*.blend");
+        help.wrap(") to automatically remove all matching files from the database.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
+
+        help.optionHead("-r", "recursion");
+        help.beginWrap();
+        help.wrap("Enables recursive file-matching for removing entire directories of working files.\n");
+        help.endWrap();
     }
 
     std::string toolName() const {return "remove";}
diff --git a/hecl/driver/main.cpp b/hecl/driver/main.cpp
index 128a183dc..5048dd031 100644
--- a/hecl/driver/main.cpp
+++ b/hecl/driver/main.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <regex>
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <list>
 #include <HECLDatabase.hpp>
 
 #include "CToolBase.hpp"
@@ -14,47 +16,43 @@
 #include "CToolPackage.hpp"
 #include "CToolHelp.hpp"
 
+bool XTERM_COLOR = false;
+
 /* Main usage message */
 static void printHelp(const char* pname)
 {
+    if (XTERM_COLOR)
+        printf(BOLD "HECL" NORMAL);
+    else
+        printf("HECL");
 #if HECL_GIT
-    printf("HECL Commit " #HECL_GIT " (" #HECL_BRANCH ")\n"
+    printf(" Commit " #HECL_GIT " (" #HECL_BRANCH ")\n"
            "Usage: %s init|add|remove|group|cook|clean|package|help\n", pname);
 #elif HECL_VER
-    printf("HECL Version " #HECL_VER "\n"
+    printf(" Version " #HECL_VER "\n"
            "Usage: %s init|add|remove|group|cook|clean|package|help\n", pname);
 #else
-    printf("HECL\n"
+    printf("\n"
            "Usage: %s init|add|remove|group|cook|clean|package|help\n", pname);
 #endif
 }
 
 /* Regex patterns */
-static const std::regex regOPEN("-o\\s*(\\S+)", std::regex::ECMAScript|std::regex::optimize);
+static const std::regex regOPEN("-o([^\"]*|\\S*))", std::regex::ECMAScript|std::regex::optimize);
 static const std::regex regVERBOSE("-v(v*)", std::regex::ECMAScript|std::regex::optimize);
 static const std::regex regFORCE("-f", std::regex::ECMAScript|std::regex::optimize);
-static const std::regex regNOWS("\\S+", std::regex::ECMAScript|std::regex::optimize);
-
-/* Iterates string segments around matched arguments and
- * filters args string accordingly */
-static void whiddleArgs(std::string& args, const std::regex& regex)
-{
-    std::string remArgs;
-    for (std::sregex_token_iterator it(args.begin(), args.end(), regex, -1);
-         it != std::sregex_token_iterator() ; ++it)
-    {
-        const std::string& str = *it;
-        remArgs += str;
-    }
-    args = remArgs;
-}
 
 #include "../blender/CBlenderConnection.hpp"
 
 int main(int argc, const char** argv)
 {
-    CBlenderConnection bconn(false);
-    return 0;
+    /* Xterm check */
+    const char* term = getenv("TERM");
+    if (!strncmp(term, "xterm", 5))
+        XTERM_COLOR = true;
+
+    //CBlenderConnection bconn(false);
+    //return 0;
 
     /* Basic usage check */
     if (argc == 1)
@@ -73,45 +71,71 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
     info.pname = argv[0];
 
     /* Concatenate args */
-    std::string args;
+    std::list<std::string> args;
     for (int i=2 ; i<argc ; ++i)
-        args += std::string(argv[i]) + " ";
+        args.push_back(std::string(argv[i]));
 
     if (!args.empty())
     {
         /* Extract output argument */
-        std::sregex_token_iterator openIt(args.begin(), args.end(), regOPEN, 1);
-        if (openIt != std::sregex_token_iterator())
+        for (std::list<std::string>::const_iterator it = args.begin() ; it != args.end() ;)
         {
-            if (info.output.empty())
-                info.output = *openIt;
-            whiddleArgs(args, regOPEN);
+            const std::string& arg = *it;
+            std::smatch oMatch;
+            if (std::regex_search(arg, oMatch, regOPEN))
+            {
+                const std::string& token = oMatch[1].str();
+                if (token.size())
+                {
+                    if (info.output.empty())
+                        info.output = oMatch[1].str();
+                    it = args.erase(it);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    it = args.erase(it);
+                    if (it == args.end())
+                        break;
+                    if (info.output.empty())
+                        info.output = *it;
+                    it = args.erase(it);
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            ++it;
         }
 
         /* Count verbosity */
-        for (std::sregex_token_iterator it(args.begin(), args.end(), regVERBOSE, 1);
-             it != std::sregex_token_iterator() ; ++it)
+        for (std::list<std::string>::const_iterator it = args.begin() ; it != args.end() ;)
         {
-            const std::string& str = *it;
-            ++info.verbosityLevel;
-            info.verbosityLevel += str.length();
+            const std::string& arg = *it;
+            std::smatch vMatch;
+            if (std::regex_search(arg, vMatch, regVERBOSE))
+            {
+                ++info.verbosityLevel;
+                info.verbosityLevel += vMatch[1].str().size();
+                it = args.erase(it);
+                continue;
+            }
+            ++it;
         }
-        whiddleArgs(args, regVERBOSE);
 
         /* Check force argument */
-        if (std::regex_search(args, regFORCE))
+        for (std::list<std::string>::const_iterator it = args.begin() ; it != args.end() ;)
         {
-            info.force = true;
-            whiddleArgs(args, regFORCE);
+            const std::string& arg = *it;
+            if (std::regex_search(arg, regFORCE))
+            {
+                info.force = true;
+                it = args.erase(it);
+                continue;
+            }
+            ++it;
         }
 
         /* Gather remaining args */
-        for (std::sregex_token_iterator it(args.begin(), args.end(), regNOWS);
-             it != std::sregex_token_iterator() ; ++it)
-        {
-            const std::string& str = *it;
-            info.args.push_back(str);
-        }
+        for (const std::string& arg : args)
+            info.args.push_back(arg);
     }
 
     /* Construct selected tool */
@@ -132,7 +156,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
             tool = new CToolCook(info);
         else if (toolName == "clean")
             tool = new CToolClean(info);
-        else if (toolName == "package")
+        else if (toolName == "package" || toolName == "pack")
             tool = new CToolPackage(info);
         else if (toolName == "help")
             tool = new CToolHelp(info);