The Command Line Translator has been designed to be a flexible yet practical computer application program for the purpose of giving software developers, systems integrators, and medical billing professions a tool that will allow them to create solutions and solve problems they might encounter in their business processes relative to the scope of Electronic Data Interchange and health care. The Command Line Translator is a cost effective way to add HIPAA X12 electronic claims to an existing system. It can even be used to fix other X12 837 files that no longer meet an insurance carriers specific requirements.