def playscript
  
    
    nametext = "%s" % [@a_scriptcmd]
	 
      begin # exception trapped block
      
         fileName = $shellscript_directory + "/" + nametext + ".sh"
        
	      fd = File.open(fileName,"r")
	      
	      
	        commandtext = fd.read
        fd.close
	      
	      
        @playscript_display = `#{commandtext}`

        
        rescue SystemCallError, StandardError
            $stderr.print "system call error: " + $!
        end # exception rescue
  end