Hello again....Yah I see what you mean about the Konsole and Telnet-ssl being one in the same! I did make the script and it runs great!

Thank you for the tip.....I do have another question....and I might be biting off alot more than I can chew with this one......considering my knowledge of shell scripts at the moment!

I would like to be able to create a MENU with a few simple Knoppix programs that will run in the terminal. I like making batch files in DOS and I would like to see if I can do the same thing using Linux. I have an older computer that would be perfect for this...to run in command line only.

If you are familiar with how to go about making a menu in dos using errorlevels and ANSI graphics.....I can do that very easily, but does anyone know how to code in linux to do something similar that will gun in a GUI - less environment? I can see now how to make a simple shell script and make it executable....but I have no clue where to start to creat a menu screen, using a box around it maybe with 4 or 5 menu choices in it....then when you pick. say the first choice on menu which is labeled "A" for example....the script finds the label and runs the program...then when you exit program, you are taken back to menu!

I know this may sound crazy but this is goodtherapy for me to keep the ol brain working! bob58