Did you ever try to select a device out of a script?

This  little tool opens a reqtools-device-requester and waits until you pick
a  device.  The result will be saved as a global or local variable or simply
prints to output().

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                  556     760  73.2% -lh5- c704 Jul  1  1997 rt_ReqDevice
[generic]                  576    1179  48.9% -lh5- ed4d Jul  1  1997 rt_ReqDevice.doc
[generic]                  773    1540  50.2% -lh5- 69ce Jul  1  1997 rt_ReqDevice.dok
[generic]                  170     384  44.3% -lh5- 57c4 Jul  1  1997 TestMe
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         4 files    2075    3863  53.7%            Nov 21  1997