One Day One GNU/Linux Command ============================= dialog -- Show interactive Dialog boxes from shell.
Summary: Dialog is a program that will let you to present a variety of Text User Interfaces from the shell script. Following interface types are in-build in dialog command (calendar, checklist, fselect, gauge, infobox, inputbox, menu, msgbox, password, radiolist, tailbox, tailboxbg, textbox, timebox, and yesno). Examples: $ dialog --title "Hello" --msgbox "Bharathi" 10 20 -- Message box. $ dialog --title "Input Box" --inputbox "My Name" 10 20 Bharathi -- Input Box. $ dialog --title "Yes/No" --yesno "Say yes or no" 10 20 -- YesNo box. $ dialog --title "Please choose a file" --fselect $HOME/ 20 40 -- File Select Box. $ dialog --title "CAL" --calendar "Set Date" 0 0 1 1 2009 -- Calendar. $ dialog --title "TIMEBOX" --timebox "Set Time" 0 0 12 20 40 -- Time Box. Read: man dialog & /usr/share/doc/dialog-XYZ/ HTH :) -- Bharathi S _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
