Hi, I have a simple scripts called d.region. You can run it by typing d.region color, where color on eof the grass standard colors. #!/bin/sh COLOR=$1 if [ "$COLOR" = "" ] then COLOR=black fi eval `g.region -g` d.mapgraph color=$COLOR << EOF move $w $s draw $e $s draw $e $n draw $w $n draw $w $s EOF Ronald Wiemer ARCHIS The Netherlands