diff --git a/apps/t3/src/main/java/org/onosproject/t3/cli/T3CliUtils.java b/apps/t3/src/main/java/org/onosproject/t3/cli/T3CliUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2375a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/t3/src/main/java/org/onosproject/t3/cli/T3CliUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.t3.cli;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onosproject.net.flow.TrafficTreatment;
+import org.onosproject.net.group.GroupBucket;
+import org.onosproject.t3.api.GroupsInDevice;
+import org.onosproject.t3.api.StaticPacketTrace;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Class containing utility methods for T3 cli.
+ */
+final class T3CliUtils {
+
+    private T3CliUtils() {
+        //banning construction
+    }
+
+    private static final String FLOW_SHORT_FORMAT = "    %s, bytes=%s, packets=%s, "
+            + "table=%s, priority=%s, selector=%s, treatment=%s";
+
+    private static final String GROUP_FORMAT =
+            "   id=0x%s, state=%s, type=%s, bytes=%s, packets=%s, appId=%s, referenceCount=%s";
+    private static final String GROUP_BUCKET_FORMAT =
+            "       id=0x%s, bucket=%s, bytes=%s, packets=%s, actions=%s";
+
+    /**
+     * Builds a string output for the given trace for a specific level of verbosity.
+     *
+     * @param trace      the trace
+     * @param verbosity1 middle verbosity level
+     * @param verbosity2 high verbosity level
+     * @return a string representing the trace.
+     */
+    static String printTrace(StaticPacketTrace trace, boolean verbosity1, boolean verbosity2) {
+        StringBuilder tracePrint = new StringBuilder();
+        //Print based on verbosity
+        if (verbosity1) {
+            tracePrint = printTrace(trace, false, tracePrint);
+        } else if (verbosity2) {
+            tracePrint = printTrace(trace, true, tracePrint);
+        } else {
+            tracePrint.append("Paths");
+            tracePrint.append("\n");
+            List<List<ConnectPoint>> paths = trace.getCompletePaths();
+            for (List<ConnectPoint> path : paths) {
+                tracePrint.append(path);
+                tracePrint.append("\n");
+            }
+        }
+        tracePrint.append("Result: \n" + trace.resultMessage());
+        return tracePrint.toString();
+    }
+
+    //prints the trace
+    private static StringBuilder printTrace(StaticPacketTrace trace, boolean verbose, StringBuilder tracePrint) {
+        List<List<ConnectPoint>> paths = trace.getCompletePaths();
+        for (List<ConnectPoint> path : paths) {
+            tracePrint.append("Path " + path);
+            tracePrint.append("\n");
+            ConnectPoint previous = null;
+            if (path.size() == 1) {
+                ConnectPoint connectPoint = path.get(0);
+                tracePrint.append("Device " + connectPoint.deviceId());
+                tracePrint.append("\n");
+                tracePrint.append("Input from " + connectPoint);
+                tracePrint.append("\n");
+                tracePrint = printFlows(trace, verbose, connectPoint, tracePrint);
+                tracePrint = printGroups(trace, verbose, connectPoint, tracePrint);
+                tracePrint.append("Output through " + connectPoint);
+                tracePrint.append("\n");
+            } else {
+                for (ConnectPoint connectPoint : path) {
+                    if (previous == null || !previous.deviceId().equals(connectPoint.deviceId())) {
+                        tracePrint.append("Device " + connectPoint.deviceId());
+                        tracePrint.append("\n");
+                        tracePrint.append("Input from " + connectPoint);
+                        tracePrint.append("\n");
+                        tracePrint = printFlows(trace, verbose, connectPoint, tracePrint);
+                    } else {
+                        tracePrint = printGroups(trace, verbose, connectPoint, tracePrint);
+                        tracePrint.append("Output through " + connectPoint);
+                        tracePrint.append("\n");
+                    }
+                    previous = connectPoint;
+                }
+            }
+            tracePrint.append("---------------------------------------------------------------\n");
+        }
+        return tracePrint;
+    }
+
+
+    //Prints the flows for a given trace and a specified level of verbosity
+    private static StringBuilder printFlows(StaticPacketTrace trace, boolean verbose, ConnectPoint connectPoint,
+                                            StringBuilder tracePrint) {
+        tracePrint.append("Flows");
+        tracePrint.append("\n");
+        trace.getFlowsForDevice(connectPoint.deviceId()).forEach(f -> {
+            if (verbose) {
+                tracePrint.append(String.format(FLOW_SHORT_FORMAT, f.state(), f.bytes(), f.packets(),
+                        f.table(), f.priority(), f.selector().criteria(),
+                        printTreatment(f.treatment())));
+                tracePrint.append("\n");
+            } else {
+                tracePrint.append(String.format("   flowId=%s, table=%s, selector=%s", f.id(), f.table(),
+                        f.selector().criteria()));
+                tracePrint.append("\n");
+            }
+        });
+        return tracePrint;
+    }
+
+    //Prints the groups for a given trace and a specified level of verbosity
+    private static StringBuilder printGroups(StaticPacketTrace trace, boolean verbose, ConnectPoint connectPoint,
+                                             StringBuilder tracePrint) {
+        List<GroupsInDevice> groupsInDevice = trace.getGroupOuputs(connectPoint.deviceId());
+        if (groupsInDevice != null) {
+            tracePrint.append("Groups");
+            tracePrint.append("\n");
+            groupsInDevice.forEach(output -> {
+                if (output.getOutput().equals(connectPoint)) {
+                    output.getGroups().forEach(group -> {
+                        if (verbose) {
+                            tracePrint.append(String.format(GROUP_FORMAT, Integer.toHexString(group.id().id()),
+                                    group.state(), group.type(), group.bytes(), group.packets(),
+                                    group.appId().name(), group.referenceCount()));
+                            tracePrint.append("\n");
+                            int i = 0;
+                            for (GroupBucket bucket : group.buckets().buckets()) {
+                                tracePrint.append(String.format(GROUP_BUCKET_FORMAT,
+                                        Integer.toHexString(group.id().id()),
+                                        ++i, bucket.bytes(), bucket.packets(),
+                                        bucket.treatment().allInstructions()));
+                                tracePrint.append("\n");
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            tracePrint.append("   groupId=" + group.id());
+                            tracePrint.append("\n");
+                        }
+                    });
+                    tracePrint.append("Outgoing Packet " + output.getFinalPacket());
+                    tracePrint.append("\n");
+                }
+            });
+        }
+        return tracePrint;
+    }
+
+    private static String printTreatment(TrafficTreatment treatment) {
+        final String delimiter = ", ";
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("[");
+        if (!treatment.immediate().isEmpty()) {
+            builder.append("immediate=" + treatment.immediate() + delimiter);
+        }
+        if (!treatment.deferred().isEmpty()) {
+            builder.append("deferred=" + treatment.deferred() + delimiter);
+        }
+        if (treatment.clearedDeferred()) {
+            builder.append("clearDeferred" + delimiter);
+        }
+        if (treatment.tableTransition() != null) {
+            builder.append("transition=" + treatment.tableTransition() + delimiter);
+        }
+        if (treatment.metered() != null) {
+            builder.append("meter=" + treatment.metered() + delimiter);
+        }
+        if (treatment.writeMetadata() != null) {
+            builder.append("metadata=" + treatment.writeMetadata() + delimiter);
+        }
+        // Chop off last delimiter
+        builder.replace(builder.length() - delimiter.length(), builder.length(), "");
+        builder.append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/t3/src/main/java/org/onosproject/t3/cli/TroubleshootSimpleTraceCommand.java b/apps/t3/src/main/java/org/onosproject/t3/cli/TroubleshootSimpleTraceCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c4bd45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/t3/src/main/java/org/onosproject/t3/cli/TroubleshootSimpleTraceCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.t3.cli;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Option;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.cli.net.HostIdCompleter;
+import org.onosproject.net.HostId;
+import org.onosproject.t3.api.StaticPacketTrace;
+import org.onosproject.t3.api.TroubleshootService;
+
+import static org.onlab.packet.EthType.EtherType;
+
+/**
+ * Starts a Static Packet Trace for a given input and prints the result.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "troubleshoot-simple",
+        description = "Given two hosts troubleshoots flows and groups between them, in case of segment routing")
+public class TroubleshootSimpleTraceCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    // OSGi workaround to introduce package dependency
+    HostIdCompleter completer;
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "one", description = "One host ID",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String srcHost = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 1, name = "two", description = "Another host ID",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String dstHost = null;
+
+    @Option(name = "-v", aliases = "--verbose", description = "Outputs complete path")
+    private boolean verbosity1 = false;
+
+    @Option(name = "-vv", aliases = "--veryverbose", description = "Outputs flows and groups for every device")
+    private boolean verbosity2 = false;
+
+    @Option(name = "-et", aliases = "--ethType", description = "ETH Type", valueToShowInHelp = "ipv4")
+    String ethType = "ipv4";
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        TroubleshootService service = get(TroubleshootService.class);
+
+        EtherType type = EtherType.valueOf(ethType.toUpperCase());
+
+        //Printing the created packet
+        print("Tracing between: %s and %s", srcHost, dstHost);
+
+        //Build the trace
+        StaticPacketTrace trace = service.trace(HostId.hostId(srcHost), HostId.hostId(dstHost), type);
+        if (trace.getInitialPacket() != null) {
+            print("%s", T3CliUtils.printTrace(trace, verbosity1, verbosity2));
+        } else {
+            print("Cannot obtain trace between %s and %s", srcHost, dstHost);
+            print("Reason: %s", trace.resultMessage());
+        }
+
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/t3/src/main/java/org/onosproject/t3/cli/TroubleshootTraceCommand.java b/apps/t3/src/main/java/org/onosproject/t3/cli/TroubleshootTraceCommand.java
index ae68d93..755eaaa 100644
--- a/apps/t3/src/main/java/org/onosproject/t3/cli/TroubleshootTraceCommand.java
+++ b/apps/t3/src/main/java/org/onosproject/t3/cli/TroubleshootTraceCommand.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2015-present Open Networking Foundation
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -30,14 +30,9 @@
 import org.onosproject.net.PortNumber;
 import org.onosproject.net.flow.DefaultTrafficSelector;
 import org.onosproject.net.flow.TrafficSelector;
-import org.onosproject.net.flow.TrafficTreatment;
-import org.onosproject.net.group.GroupBucket;
-import org.onosproject.t3.api.GroupsInDevice;
 import org.onosproject.t3.api.StaticPacketTrace;
 import org.onosproject.t3.api.TroubleshootService;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 import static org.onlab.packet.EthType.EtherType;
 
 /**
@@ -191,116 +186,8 @@
 
         //Build the trace
         StaticPacketTrace trace = service.trace(packet, cp);
-        //Print based on verbosity
-        if (verbosity1) {
-            printTrace(trace, false);
-        } else if (verbosity2) {
-            printTrace(trace, true);
-        } else {
-            print("Paths");
-            List<List<ConnectPoint>> paths = trace.getCompletePaths();
-            paths.forEach(path -> print("%s", path));
-        }
-        print("Result: \n%s", trace.resultMessage());
-    }
 
-    //prints the trace
-    private void printTrace(StaticPacketTrace trace, boolean verbose) {
-        List<List<ConnectPoint>> paths = trace.getCompletePaths();
-        paths.forEach(path -> {
-            print("Path %s", path);
-            ConnectPoint previous = null;
-            if (path.size() == 1) {
-                ConnectPoint connectPoint = path.get(0);
-                print("Device %s", connectPoint.deviceId());
-                print("Input from %s", connectPoint);
-                printFlows(trace, verbose, connectPoint);
-                printGroups(trace, verbose, connectPoint);
-                print("Output through %s", connectPoint);
-                print("");
-            } else {
-                for (ConnectPoint connectPoint : path) {
-                    if (previous == null || !previous.deviceId().equals(connectPoint.deviceId())) {
-                        print("Device %s", connectPoint.deviceId());
-                        print("Input from %s", connectPoint);
-                        printFlows(trace, verbose, connectPoint);
-                    } else {
-                        printGroups(trace, verbose, connectPoint);
-                        print("Output through %s", connectPoint);
-                        print("");
-                    }
-                    previous = connectPoint;
-                }
-            }
-            print("---------------------------------------------------------------\n");
-        });
-    }
+        print("%s", T3CliUtils.printTrace(trace, verbosity1, verbosity2));
 
-    //Prints the flows for a given trace and a specified level of verbosity
-    private void printFlows(StaticPacketTrace trace, boolean verbose, ConnectPoint connectPoint) {
-        print("Flows");
-        trace.getFlowsForDevice(connectPoint.deviceId()).forEach(f -> {
-            if (verbose) {
-                print(FLOW_SHORT_FORMAT, f.state(), f.bytes(), f.packets(),
-                        f.table(), f.priority(), f.selector().criteria(),
-                        printTreatment(f.treatment()));
-            } else {
-                print("   flowId=%s, table=%s, selector=%s", f.id(), f.table(), f.selector().criteria());
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
-    //Prints the groups for a given trace and a specified level of verbosity
-    private void printGroups(StaticPacketTrace trace, boolean verbose, ConnectPoint connectPoint) {
-        List<GroupsInDevice> groupsInDevice = trace.getGroupOuputs(connectPoint.deviceId());
-        if (groupsInDevice != null) {
-            print("Groups");
-            groupsInDevice.forEach(output -> {
-                if (output.getOutput().equals(connectPoint)) {
-                    output.getGroups().forEach(group -> {
-                        if (verbose) {
-                            print(GROUP_FORMAT, Integer.toHexString(group.id().id()), group.state(), group.type(),
-                                    group.bytes(), group.packets(), group.appId().name(), group.referenceCount());
-                            int i = 0;
-                            for (GroupBucket bucket : group.buckets().buckets()) {
-                                print(GROUP_BUCKET_FORMAT, Integer.toHexString(group.id().id()), ++i,
-                                        bucket.bytes(), bucket.packets(),
-                                        bucket.treatment().allInstructions());
-                            }
-                        } else {
-                            print("   groupId=%s", group.id());
-                        }
-                    });
-                    print("Outgoing Packet %s", output.getFinalPacket());
-                }
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
-    private String printTreatment(TrafficTreatment treatment) {
-        final String delimiter = ", ";
-        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("[");
-        if (!treatment.immediate().isEmpty()) {
-            builder.append("immediate=" + treatment.immediate() + delimiter);
-        }
-        if (!treatment.deferred().isEmpty()) {
-            builder.append("deferred=" + treatment.deferred() + delimiter);
-        }
-        if (treatment.clearedDeferred()) {
-            builder.append("clearDeferred" + delimiter);
-        }
-        if (treatment.tableTransition() != null) {
-            builder.append("transition=" + treatment.tableTransition() + delimiter);
-        }
-        if (treatment.metered() != null) {
-            builder.append("meter=" + treatment.metered() + delimiter);
-        }
-        if (treatment.writeMetadata() != null) {
-            builder.append("metadata=" + treatment.writeMetadata() + delimiter);
-        }
-        // Chop off last delimiter
-        builder.replace(builder.length() - delimiter.length(), builder.length(), "");
-        builder.append("]");
-        return builder.toString();
     }
 }