Ken, You now have a simple "config" mechanism. All you need do is write yet another script, what calls your one-liners. Even give this one a name like "speakup.conf" in your home directiry. -Dave >>>>> "Kenny" == Kenny Hitt <kennyhitt at knology.net> writes: Kenny> Hi. I just created a set of one line scripts to change Kenny> values of speakup. This way I can just type things like ...