Small Command line scripter (like Autocad commands) one line editor?

Maybe you will like this, maybe not. But it sounds actually like you would like to get some basic understanding, too. You might like what I think is a classic first reading on how to build a compiler by Jack Crenshaw.

You can find it at this address . It is more than what you are looking for but it's written in Turbo Pascal and the narrative is actually kind of fun to read.

If it's sufficiently simple (even with optional arguments), something based on TStringList actually works decently. Here's a simple example to get you started.

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