I am not a computer programmer...but I have a question. We run several "unix scripts", created by a previous employee... on our SGI 02 machines, several times a day. Just found out we are switching to WINDOWS computers next month. How will i get this to run!? Yikes! PLEASE SEE SCRIPT BELOW: #!/bin/sh #THIS SCRIPT GRABS AND PLACES CLIMATE DATA #COMPUTER 2/27/06 #TITLE "2006almanac-rain-sun-create" sed -n '/CAMP MABRY/,$p' /wxdisk/wxws/graphics/COMPUTERDATA/climateexport > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport2 #ABOVE MAKES MABRY LINE #1 grep -e "MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)" -e "MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)" \ -e "MONTH TO DATE" -e "SINCE JAN 1" \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport2 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/cutdata #ABOVE CUTS ALL POSSIBLE NEEDED DATA rm /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/almanacmaster #ABOVE REMOVES THE FILE (SO OLD DATA IS NEVER USED) head -2 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/cutdata > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/almanac1 #ABOVE MAKES TOP 2 LINES ITS OWN FILE (CONTAINING RAINFALL INFO) cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/almanac1 | cut -c23-28 >> \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/almanacmaster #ABOVE CUTS MONTHY TOTAL AND YEARLY TOTAL cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/almanac1 | cut -c55-62 >> \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/almanacmaster #ABOVE CUTS YEARLY DEPARTURE sed -n '/CAMP MABRY CLIMATE NORMALS/,$p' \ /wxdisk/wxws/graphics/COMPUTERDATA/climateexport > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport3 head -8 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport3 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport4 #ABOVE MAKES TOP 8 LINES ITS OWN FILE (CONTAINING ALMANAC INFO) tail -6 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport4 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport5 #ABOVE MAKES BOTTOM 6 LINES ITS OWN FILE (CONTAINING ALMANAC INFO) head -2 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport5 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport6 #ABOVE CUTS RECORDS AND YEARS tail -1 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport5 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport7 #ABOVE CUTS SUNRISE AND SUNSET cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport6 | cut -c32-35 >> \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/almanacmaster #ABOVE CUTS NORMALS cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport6 | cut -c41-45 >> \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/almanacmaster #ABOVE CUTS RECORDS cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport6 | cut -c50-56 >> \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/almanacmaster #ABOVE CUTS RECORD YEARS #tail -8 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/cutdata > /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/rain1 #head -4 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/rain1 > /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/rain2 #head -2 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/rain2 > /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/rain3 temps=`cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/almanacmaster` t1=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f1` t2=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f2` t3=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f3` t4=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f4` t5=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f5` t6=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f6` t7=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f7` t8=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f8` t9=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f9` t10=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f10` #sed -e "s/AAA/$t5/g" -e "s/BBB/$t6/g" \ # -e "s/CCC/$t7/g" -e "s/DDD/$t8/g" \ # -e "s/EEE/$t9/g" -e "s/FFF/$t10/g" \ # /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-HOLIDAYS/PREALMANAC \ #> /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/AUTO-ALMANAC sed -e "s/AAA/$t5/g" -e "s/BBB/$t6/g" \ -e "s/CCC/$t7/g" -e "s/DDD/$t8/g" \ -e "s/EEE/$t9/g" -e "s/FFF/$t10/g" \ /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-HOLIDAYS/PREALMANAC2 \ > /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/AUTO-ALMANAC2 sed -e "s/GGG/$t1/g" -e "s/HHH/$t2/g" -e "s/JJJ/$t4/g" \ /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-HOLIDAYS/PRERAIN \ > /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/AUTO-RAIN cp /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-HOLIDAYS/COMPUTER-TONIGHTTIMER \ /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/COMPUTER-TONIGHT cp /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-HOLIDAYS/COMPUTER-TOMORROWTIMER \ /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/COMPUTER-TOMORROW grep -e "OCT" \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/climateexport7 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo | cut -c37-39 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo1 cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo | cut -c59-62 >> \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo1 head -1 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo1 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo2 cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo2 | cut -c1 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfomaster cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo2 | cut -c2-3 >> \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfomaster tail -1 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo1 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo3 cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo3 | cut -c1 >> \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfomaster cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfo3 | cut -c2-3 >> \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfomaster temps=`cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/suninfomaster` t1=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f1` t2=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f2` t3=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f3` t4=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f4` sed -e "s/AAA/$t1/" -e "s/BBB/$t2/" \ /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/COMPUTER-TONIGHT \ > /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/COMPUTER-TONIGHT2 sed -e "s/CCC/$t3/" -e "s/DDD/$t4/" \ /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/COMPUTER-TOMORROW \ > /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/COMPUTER-TOMORROW2 cp /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/COMPUTER-TONIGHT2 \ /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/COMPUTER-TONIGHT cp /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/COMPUTER-TOMORROW2 \ /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/COMPUTER-TOMORROW rm /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/COMPUTER-TONIGHT2 rm /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/COMPUTER-TOMORROW2 head -1 /wxdisk/wxws/lcra/medialk.txt > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake1 tail -2 /wxdisk/wxws/lcra/medialk.txt > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake2 head -1 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake2 >> \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake1 cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake1 | cut -c18-24 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake3 head -1 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake3 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake4 cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake1 | cut -c16-21 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake5 tail -1 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake5 >> \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake4 temps=`cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-SCRIPTS/lake4` t1=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f1` t2=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f2` sed -e "s/GGG/$t1/g" -e "s/HHH/$t2/g" \ /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/COMPUTER-HOLIDAYS/PRELAKES \ > /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/AUTO-LAKES cp /wxdisk/wxws/graphics/COMPUTERDATA/climateexport2 \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/clim1 sed -n '/CAMP MABRY/,$p' /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/clim1 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climm1 #ABOVE MAKES MABRY LINE #1 sed -n '/BERGSTROM/,$p' /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/clim1 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climb1 #ABOVE MAKES BERGSTROM LINE #1 grep -e "MINIMUM" \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climm1 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climm2 grep -e "MINIMUM" \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climb1 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climb2 #ABOVE CUTS ALL POSSIBLE NEEDED DATA head -1 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climm2 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climm3 #ABOVE MAKES MABRY LOW ITS OWN FILE head -1 /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climb2 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climb3 #ABOVE MAKES BERGSTROPM LOW ITS OWN FILE cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climm3 | cut -c22-25 > \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climatereadylowz #ABOVE CUTS MABRY LOW cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climb3 | cut -c22-25 >> \ /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climatereadylowz #ABOVE CUTS BERGSTROM LOW temps=`cat /wxdisk/wxws/COMPUTER/data/climatereadylowz` t1=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f1` t2=`echo $temps|cut -d" " -f2` sed -e "s/YYY/$t1/g" -e "s/ZZZ/$t2/g" \ /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/AUTO-ALMANAC2 > \ /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/AUTO-ALMANAC rm /wxdisk/Show_FX/data/scenes/COMPUTER/EVERYDAYS/AUTO-ALMANAC2 # end of script

It looks your script is doing a ton of parsing using standard unix tools like sed, grep, cat, rm, etc. It also looks like all the parsing starts with a file called: ../../COMPUTERDATA/climateexport So, I'm assuming this file will exist on your window's box? If you want to keep the changes to a minimum, I'd obtain a unix toolkit for windows. (Windows alone just doesn't have the tools for this kind of job). There are lots toolkits available. There's cygwin available from http://www.cygwin.com and the MKS toolkit availabe from http://www.mks.com Cygwin is free while MKS is not. Even window's has their own unix tool kit, but I haven't used it. (I believe it has to be downloaded). There's also the question of the directory structure. It needs to be duplicated if you expect the script to run with little or few changes. Good luck.