zenity

linux

Display dialogs from the command-line/shell scripts. Return user-inserted values or 1 if error.

Examples (5)

Display the default question dialog

zenity --question

Display an info dialog displaying a message

zenity --info --text "message"

Display a name/password form and output the data separated by ";" ("|" by default)

zenity --forms --add-entry "name_label" --add-password "password_label" --separator ";"

Display a file selection form in which the user can only select directories

zenity --file-selection --directory

Display a progress bar which updates its message every second and show a progress percent

(echo "#1"; sleep 1; echo "50"; echo "#2"; sleep 1; echo "100") | zenity --progress