Sended by ======================================= Using wminfo, a dockapp for WindowMaker you can display hddtemp informations. With a plugin (a simple bash script), containing something like: [ "$2" == "" ] ; then hddtemp -q $1 | sed s@"$1: "@""@g else hddtemp -q $1 | sed s@" $2: "@""@g | sed s@"/dev/"@""@g fi If the script is called hddtemp.wmiplugin, executing wminfo like this: wminfo -p "hddtemp.wmiplugin /dev/hda ST340016A" -u 60 you will get something like: "HDA: 32 C".