Questions tagged [dialog]
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Displaying a picture on the framebuffer while running a script created with dialog
I have setup scripts that use the dialog command. They are used to prepare embedded servers.
I'd like to display a picture on a edge while a dialog script is running. The problem is, that dialog by ...
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Is it possible for dialog gauge to track an install
I'm currently using the --gauge option of dialog to increment a progress bar as a few tasks are completed eg:
(
echo 20; echo "XXX"; echo "Task 1"; echo "XXX" ; #Task 1 here
sleep 2 ;
echo 40;...
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Why is default Dialogrc file making screen monochrome?
I have a bash script where I have the following code:
if [ ! -f /home/tools/test.dialogrc ]
then
dialog --create-rc "/home/tools/test.dialogrc"
fi
Which successfully creates a test.dialogrc file ...
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Is it possible to pass commands as variables to a --dialog script?
Currently I have the below dialog function that I am trying to make into a reusable yes/no prompt where I will be able to call it using YesNoPrompt followed by variables it will be needing.
The ...
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bash dialog prevent exit
I have a bash script with dialog --checklist
This comes with an OK and cancel button.
When I press cancel, the script exits and returns to shell.
How do I remove the cancel button or prevent the ...
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Origins of the “save changes” modal dialog's use of “close without saving”, its lack of keyboard accelerators, and how to interact with these dialogs
Coming from Windows, I am very accustomed to the very common "save changes" modal dialog providing a "yes/no/cancel" option with "Y" and "N" being provided as keyboard accelerators (shortcut keys).
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Dialog/Application before login/desktop-manager comes up
After a preseed installation of ubuntu (or any linux dist) I want to display a message/warning for the user that some installation or configuration is happening during the first boot. Unfortunately ...
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KDE/Qt file dialogs locking up on network drive problem — how to disable network drive queries
First of all, I am aware that when a network mount (CIFS or NFS for example) has a broken connection, blocking is an expected behaviour to avoid data and filesystem corruption -- referring to these ...
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Open input dialog via script on x server
I want to make a script with an if that only runs if the user Input the Right password.
Like this:
Some Code..
if(Input == "password"){
Do something
}
More Code..
Everything runs on a x Server ...
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how to change the input box color while using form property in shell script using dialog
how to change the input box color while using form property in shell script using dialog
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Make text default selected in dialog inputbox
I'm using dialog for a terminal GUI and I have a inputbox where I would like to have the text $1 default selected when it is displayed in the GUI. I want to be able to start writing new input directly,...
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Shell exits when I source a script with dialog/whiptail call
I have the following script:
#!/bin/bash
set -e
TITLE="Choose version"
VERSIONS=$(cat <<'END'
AAA
BBB
END
)
VERSION_LIST=$(echo "$VERSIONS" | awk '{print NR, " ", $0}')
INDEX=$(whiptail \
...
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dialog menu - set hotkey colors?
I've created a menu system with dialog to launch various programs and OSes in DosBox, VirtualBox, and natively. Almost everything works as well as I could ask. I do have one little cosmetic nit-pic ...
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1answer
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Lack of a text input field in zenity file selector
I have Debian 9 with xfce and installed zenity to use it to select directory paths. I use it in this way
zenity --file-selection --directory
The GUI selector looks as below. It has not the text ...
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Create dialog based on console output
I would like to display a dialog box using zenity or dialog or something similar based on a specific string displayed in console window?
Background:
I have created a wrapper shell script which calls ...
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1answer
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Dialog menu - Space between menuitems
I want to add a some space between the menuitems of a dialog menu.
Is there any way to do it?
I created a menu, with "empty Buttons" which call the menu again. This looks like what i want.
But the ...
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1answer
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dpkg-reconfigure: what packages are supported?
dpkg-reconfigure gives a way to set options for installed packages in a "user-friendly" way (e.g. not editing files but selecting from dialogs).
How can I find out what package has such options? e.g. ...
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bash output create file with dd /dev/zero with dialog --gauge
I am trying to create a new file (blank file) with:
dd if=/dev/zero of=file.txt count=10240 bs=10240
I also want to use dialog output --gauge, something like this:
dd if=/dev/zero | pv | dd of=...
0
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1answer
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How to work around terminal artifacts when using dialog program under docker, running in a screen session
all.
The question is about the setup that you can find here: https://github.com/filmil/bugreports/blob/master/dialog/README.md
I noticed that running a dialog utility in an interactive docker ...
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Download Manager with Dialog
I'm trying to make a download manager with dialog, but I can't display download history (function view_history) with infobox.
Error: Expected no more than 3 tokens for --infobox, have 5.
Use --help ...
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1answer
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dialogrc file doesn't change coloring of menu boxes and text
I am using the dialog tool (based on ncurses) to create small windows for a limited UI.
However, I can't get colors. Whate ever I do doesn't change the default colors of the terminal.
I create after ...
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dialog --menu outputs integer instead string on bash
I created a dynamic menu in bash that get it's items from a array, but when the user select a specific item, the menu displays the return code (0 or 1)
repositorios=() ; i=0
while read -r line; do
...
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can't output dialog value on bash
I have a dynamic menu on dialog (the items are provided from an array) but the menu is not displaying the selected option
gp_options=()
for i in `find ~ -type d -name .git`; do
gp_options+=("" "$...
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Here-document not working properly on shell script
I have two files: server.sh and client.sh, the server sends the following text to the client
client.sh
porta_cliente=5678
porta_servidor=8765
nc -l $porta_cliente | sh
server.sh
porta_cliente=...
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How can i execute text as code from server to client on shell script (netcat)
I have two files, client.sh and server.sh, all the necessary data is on the server, which is sent to the client using netcat, the client just get these data and display it to the end user, the problem ...
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How can i keep netcat connection open?
I have two files, client.sh and server.sh, all the necessary data is on the server, which is sent to the client using netcat, the client just get these data and display it to the end user, the problem ...
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Computer Architecture in dialog script
I would like to make a program with dialog that shows my ComputerArchitecture. But i have some false outputs.
This is my script:
#!/bin/bash
# ComputerArchitecture_interactive_dialog: an interactive ...
2
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1answer
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Can't figure out what command to use for folders
So I'm making a batch script to convert images (png, jpg) and resize (in pixels and percentage) them. I'm working with dialog and imagemagick. My problem is that I can't find any command/code to when ...
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ls command in a variable to display in dialog checklist and processing of the selected option
i just started shell programming and i can't get the following problem to work.
I want that all directorys, from a defined directory (e.g.. /var), are displayed in dialog checklist. I also want that ...
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1answer
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Filter multiple items from the output of a long running command
TLDR:
How do I run handbrakecli, get progress and ETA, pipe into dialog without flickering.
Details:
I have a script that finds all video files in a directory and then runs handbrakecli on them ...
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redirect input from keypad/mouse to shell dialog curses gui
I have been trying to use the "dialog" utility to build interactive menus.
All works fine if I work from a terminal; menus are displayed and I can interact from those menus using my keyboard.
But now ...
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How can a script start when I am pressing Alt+Tab keys keeping “Window Switcher Dialog” running?
I would like to know the way that when I press "Alt+Tab" keys in order to change the active window to other window, the system would recognize it and it would move the cursor to one specific place of ...
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How to run a command once the first time the OS is used?
I am customizing OS and want to display a dialogue describing the ad hoc OS the first time the user is entering the OS. The command is saved in a script.
What is the best strategy to execute a script ...
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Respond to interactive spawned child process
There's a command from Amazon Web Services called eb init that allows you to initiate the current working directory as a elasticbeanstalk app.
This command is interactive, meaning eb init will ...
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Wordsplitting occurring in quoted variable
I'm trying to create a dialog menu based on the results of the lsblk command. My goal is to read the first word as the menu item and the remaining words as the menu item description.
For example:
...
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What package is this searchable file dialog a part of?
I run a simple, basic system: arch linux with the i3 window manager. But my file save/open dialog is certainly quite fancy: see this screenshot. It dynamically updates and indexes the files as I start ...
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Edit file with vim using Dialog
I am trying to build a terminal based GUI for a tool. The following code invokes something like this
while true
do
CHOICE=$(dialog --keep-window --clear --no-shadow \
--backtitle "...
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cat specific line range from /etc/hosts to dialog box
I like to list, for example all Ethernet switches from /etc/hosts and show them inside dialog box. After that I would like to connect selected switch from the list.
The list should be listed between ...
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Using open file dialog within gEdit using keyboard only
I use the default gEdit on Cinnamon on Linux Mint, but I find when opening files from within it, I cannot navigate the open file dialog solely using the keyboard.
I hasn't been intuitive how I use tab ...
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1answer
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Xdialog - Capture user and password for a shellscript
I'm trying to create a simple "User and Password" GUI input for a shellscript, with the --2inputbox parameter for the Xdialog command:
While following the documentation seems to be easy, it does not ...
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dialog menu to display files, select one of them and then able to delete it
I want to be able to display files under a given directory, then select one of the files and be able to delete it.
Here's what I've found so far. Can anybody help?
let i=0 # define counting variable
...
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yad, how to create a simple question dialog?
I know yad can do much more than zenity, but it also misses quickies like --question.
What is the simplest way to mimic that zenity option on yad?
Obs.: mimic quickies for other possibly missing ...
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debian 8 shutdown dialog change hibernate button method
Hello I have problem with hibernate on my HP635 notebook.
Having Debian jessie install with minimal MATE desktop enviroment
I give the hibernation to life (despite of special setup with mounted ...
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Dialog filtered menu
I am currently making a script to manage themes in ArchLinux, basically it save arborescence of config files in a folder named with a prefix "gt-" for global-theme. All themes are saved in at $GT_DIR
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Array into whiptail menu - BASH
I would like to show user friendly whiptail menu.
My goal in whiptail is this:
Choice1
Choice2
Choice3
Choice4
I have array consist of:
Choice1 Choice2 Choice3 Choice4
I run array through loop ...
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How to navigate in dialog's file and directory selectors?
I wrote some shell scripts using dialog prompting the user for directories and files. However, I don't know how to change the directory. When I press Space in a dselect, the directory gets added to ...
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clear command in console dialog
My bash script contains the clear command, that when executed through dialog command will result with strange letters.
How can I still use clear command without seeing this output in the dialog?
This ...
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Eclipse Mars + Fedora 20 + KDE = black-on-black tooltips
So, I'm using a system with Fedora 20 installed, running a KDE 4.14.7 desktop. (I don't have root access so please no complaints about why I don't just upgrade my distro.)
I have just installed ...
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curl progress in dialog
how can i properly display the curl progress in the dialog window?
curl http://mysite.corp/image/root_21.tar.bz2 | tar -C /mnt/dest/ -jxf -
i tried this command but as you can see it does not ...
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Bash script with (X)dialog asking for root password (kdesu substitute)
I'm using (X)dialog for a script that a normal runs, but it needs root privileges for some commands. The script runs from a .desktop file, thus the user sees no terminal. For example here
#!/bin/bash
...
