Wine does have a cmd that can run some. But big but Bamm http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/dosbatch.html << Rewrite is normally better. Bat is a massively messy language. Then there is the evil of the dual format bat bash file. http://blog.bigsmoke.us/2007/06/11/microsoft-batch-file-meets-bash-shellscript There are even better ways of doing that. The following is incorrect. > The Win32 console programs won't run in DOSBox/DOSEmu/etc http://www.japheth.de/HX.html HX extender for dos. Still does not change the fact of course. What dos programs what windows programs. Do they have *nix replacement. Converted scripts will work on all processors if they have *nix replacements including inside some nokia phones. Also script will most likely work back on windows threw one means or another. cygwin, andlinux ,openlina.... List goes on.