I hope this isn't one of your mad 100 line "scripts" again lol.
I agree with Pyrite, why write a script when a simple command will do? So much information can be gained through a terminal yet everyone seems to hate them these days.
My terminal is by far the most used application on my computer - I use it for updates, backups, playing music radio streams and videos, FTP and file management, text editing, IRC, system status, basically everything except browsing the web, editing images and playing urban terror... but I launch it from the terminal anyway.
hell, sometimes I browse the web from my terminal just for kicks