I am writing a simple basic bash script (starting with #! /bin/bash, file format is.sh) and I am trying to make a progress bar work: #!/bin/bash echo 'You are running in LXDE mode. Answer 'yes' or 'no' on the following question to continue (or not) in LXDE mode.' I know I'm kinda late, but wanted just about the same thing, and figured it out in the end. My solution does a search (hiding errors), adds TRUE and a newline to each result (that was the key!), then sends the result to zenity. Zenity -question will return the user's answer in its exit code. You can collect it from the $? Special variable, like so. Zenity -question -text='Are you there?' Or use it directly in a conditional like this. If zenity -question -text='Do you want to answer stupid questions?' Then zenity -entry.
Original author(s) | Sun Microsystems |
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Developer(s) | Glynn Foster Lucas Rocha |
Initial release | [dubious] |
Repository | |
Operating system | Unix-like |
License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
Website | wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Zenity |
Zenity is free software and a cross-platform program that allows the execution of GTKdialog boxes in command-line and shell scripts.
Description[edit]
Like tools such as whiptail and dialog, Zenity allows easy creation of GUIs,[1] though it has fewer features than more complex GUI-creation tools.[2]
Other scripting languages such as Perl and Python can be used to construct full-scale GUI applications, but the zenity program enables a shell script to interact with a GUI user.... [The] user interface is not as refined as one that could be provided by a full-featured GUI application, but it is perfectly suitable for simple interactions.
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Cross-platform compatibility[edit]
As of 2012, Zenity is available for Linux, BSD and Windows.[4] A Zenity port to Mac OS X is available in MacPorts and Homebrew.
As of 2018, Zenity ports for Windows are available: zenity-windows (based on version 3.20.0) and winzenity (based on 3.8.0 / statically linked)
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Zenity does not possess any built-in scripting capabilities and it must, therefore, rely on an interpreter for processing. To create a script that runs on more than one platform without extensive modifications, it would be best to use an interpreter that is available on the widest range of operating systems. One option is Python in combination with the PyZenity library.[5]
Zenity For Macbook Pro
Cross-platform script example[edit]
Zenity Mac Terminal
POSIX shell script example[edit]
Zenity For Macbook
Windows example[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Cartwright, Ryan (2009-01-30), 'More fun with Zenity: shell script/GUI interactivity', Free Software Magazine, archived from the original on 2011-11-06, retrieved 2011-12-10
- ^Diehl, Mike (2008-05-12), 'Make Your Scripts User Friendly with Zenity', LinuxJournal, archived from the original on 2011-11-26, retrieved 2011-12-10
- ^Tyler, Chris (2006), 'Chapter 4. Basic System Management', Fedora Linux, O'Reilly Media, pp. 258–259, ISBN978-0-596-52682-5, archived from the original on 2011-07-15, retrieved 2010-03-15
- ^Zenity for Windows, archived from the original on 2012-01-12, retrieved 2011-12-10
- ^Ramos, Brian (2011-04-20), PyZenity, archived from the original on 2013-10-07, retrieved 2012-11-15
External links[edit]
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