One Day One GNU/Linux Command
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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 :)
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Bharathi S
