diff --git a/tsshbatch.py b/tsshbatch.py
index 0bb906d..d5f4371 100755
--- a/tsshbatch.py
+++ b/tsshbatch.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 SUDOPROMPT   = 'READINGSUDOPW'
 SUDOARGS     = '-S -p %s' % SUDOPROMPT
 SUDOPWHINT   = '(Default: login password): '
-SYMTABLE     = 'Symbol Table'
+SYMTABLE     = 'Global Symbol Table'
 TESTRUN      = 'Test Run For'
 TRAILER      = ': '
 USERVAR      = 'USER'
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 ASSIGN      = '='
 DEFINE      = '.define'
 INCLUDE     = '.include'
+LOCAL       = '.local'
 NOTIFY      = '.notify'
 
 
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@
 Get_Transfer_List = collections.OrderedDict()
 Put_Transfer_List = collections.OrderedDict()
 SSH_Configuration = {}
-SymbolTable       = {}
+GlobalSymbolTable       = {}
 
 
 #####
@@ -295,6 +296,33 @@
 # End of 'FindFilesOnPath()'
 
 
+####
+# Get An Execution Variable Value
+###
+
+def GetExecutionVariable(cmd):
+
+
+    try:
+        origcmd = cmd
+        status, cmd = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd.strip())
+
+        # Blow out if the command failed
+
+        if status:
+            raise
+
+    except:
+
+        PrintReport([PROGNAME, eBADEXEC % origcmd], HANDLER=PrintStderr)
+        ErrorExit("")
+
+    # Return successfully
+    return cmd
+
+# End of 'GetExecutionVariable()'
+
+
 #####
 # Check To See If A Key Exists In A String, Excluding Quoted Substrings
 #####
@@ -639,6 +667,8 @@
 
 def ReadFile(fname, envvar, listcontainer, containingfile=""):
 
+    LocalSymbolTable = {}
+
     # Check to see if we can find the file, searching the
     # the relevant include environment variable path, if any
 
@@ -674,7 +704,32 @@
                 val = line.split(FILEPUT)[1].strip()
                 ProcessTXRQ(val, Put_Transfer_List)
 
-            # Process variable definitions
+            # Process local variable definitions
+
+            elif line.startswith(LOCAL):
+
+                line = line.split(LOCAL)[1]
+                if line.count(ASSIGN) == 0:
+                    ErrorExit(eBADDEFINE % line)
+
+                else:
+
+                    name = line.split(ASSIGN)[0].strip()
+                    val  = "=".join(line.split(ASSIGN)[1:]).strip()
+
+                    if name:
+
+                        # Process references to execution variables
+
+                        if val.startswith(EXECUTE):
+                            val  = GetExecutionVariable(val[1:])
+
+                        LocalSymbolTable[name] = val
+
+                    else:
+                        ErrorExit(eBADDEFINE % line)
+
+            # Process global variable definitions
 
             elif line.startswith(DEFINE):
 
@@ -687,27 +742,15 @@
                     name = line.split(ASSIGN)[0].strip()
                     val  = "=".join(line.split(ASSIGN)[1:]).strip()
 
-                    # Process references to execution variables
-
-                    if val.startswith(EXECUTE):
-
-                        try:
-
-                            origval = val
-                            status, val = commands.getstatusoutput(val[1:].strip())
-
-                            # Blow out if the command failed
-
-                            if status:
-                                raise
-
-                        except:
-
-                            PrintReport([PROGNAME, eBADEXEC % origval], HANDLER=PrintStderr)
-                            ErrorExit("")
-
                     if name:
-                        SymbolTable[name] = val
+
+                        # Process references to execution variables
+
+                        if val.startswith(EXECUTE):
+                            val  = GetExecutionVariable(val[1:])
+
+
+                        GlobalSymbolTable[name] = val
 
                     else:
                         ErrorExit(eBADDEFINE % line)
@@ -718,9 +761,9 @@
                     fname = VarSub(ConditionLine(line.split(INCLUDE)[1]))
                     ReadFile(fname, envvar, listcontainer, containingfile=filename)
 
-                # It's a normal line - do variable substitution and save
+                # It's a normal line - do local variable substitution and save
                 else:
-                    listcontainer.append(line)
+                    listcontainer.append(VarSub(line, Table=LocalSymbolTable))
         f.close()
 
         FileIncludeStack.pop()   # Remove this invocation from the stack
@@ -838,10 +881,10 @@
 # Do Variable Substitution In A String
 #####
 
-def VarSub(line):
+def VarSub(line, Table=GlobalSymbolTable):
 
-    for symbol in SymbolTable:
-        line = line.replace(symbol, SymbolTable[symbol])
+    for symbol in Table:
+        line = line.replace(symbol, Table[symbol])
 
     return line
 
@@ -1150,10 +1193,10 @@
 
     # Unroll and format dictionary structures
 
-    symbols = SymbolTable.keys()
+    symbols = GlobalSymbolTable.keys()
     symbols.sort()
     for symbol in symbols:
-        symtbl.append(symbol + (PADWIDTH - len(symbol)) * " "+ SEPARATOR + SymbolTable[symbol])
+        symtbl.append(symbol + (PADWIDTH - len(symbol)) * " "+ SEPARATOR + GlobalSymbolTable[symbol])
 
     for xfers, unrolled in ((Get_Transfer_List, gets), (Put_Transfer_List, puts)):
 
@@ -1215,7 +1258,7 @@
 
     protected = []
     for builtin in BuiltIns:
-        if builtin in SymbolTable:
+        if builtin in GlobalSymbolTable:
             protected.append(builtin)
 
     # Now iterate over requested hosts
@@ -1252,7 +1295,7 @@
 
         for symbol, value in internals:
             if symbol not in protected:
-                SymbolTable[symbol] = value
+                GlobalSymbolTable[symbol] = value
 
         # Apply any relevant variable dereferencing