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56 lines
1.5 KiB
Bash
56 lines
1.5 KiB
Bash
#!/bin/bash
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# dialog.sh: Using 'gdialog' widgets.
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# Must have 'gdialog' installed on your system to run this script.
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# This script was inspired by the following article.
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# "Scripting for X Productivity," by Marco Fioretti,
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# LINUX JOURNAL, Issue 113, September 2003, pp. 86-9.
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# Thank you, all you good people at LJ.
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# Input error in dialog box.
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E_INPUT=65
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# Dimensions of display, input widgets.
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HEIGHT=50
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WIDTH=60
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# Output file name (constructed out of script name).
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OUTFILE=$0.output
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# Display this script in a text widget.
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gdialog --title "Displaying: $0" --textbox $0 $HEIGHT $WIDTH
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# Now, we'll try saving input in a file.
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echo -n "VARIABLE=\"" > $OUTFILE # Quote it, in case of whitespace
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#+ in the input.
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gdialog --title "User Input" --inputbox "Enter variable, please:" \
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$HEIGHT $WIDTH 2>> $OUTFILE
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if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]
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# It's good practice to check exit status.
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then
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echo "Executed \"dialog box\" without errors."
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else
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echo "Error(s) in \"dialog box\" execution."
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# Or, clicked on "Cancel", instead of "OK" button.
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rm $OUTFILE
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exit $E_INPUT
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fi
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echo -n "\"" >> $OUTFILE # End quotes on saved variable.
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# This command stuck down here in order not to mess up
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#+ exit status, above.
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# Now, we'll retrieve and display the saved variable.
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. $OUTFILE # 'Source' the saved file.
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echo "The variable input in the \"input box\" was: "$VARIABLE""
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rm $OUTFILE # Clean up by removing the temp file.
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# Some applications may need to retain this file.
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exit 0
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