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NAME

       zenity - display GTK+ dialogs

SYNOPSIS

       zenity [options]

DESCRIPTION

       zenity  is  a  program  that will display GTK+ dialogs, and return (either in the return code, or on standard output) the users input. This
       allows you to present information, and ask for information from the user, from all manner of shell scripts.

       For example, zenity --question will return either 0, 1 or 5, depending on whether the user pressed OK, Cancel or timeout has been  reached.
       zenity --entry will output on standard output what the user typed into the text entry field.

       Comprehensive documentation is available in the GNOME Help Browser, under GNOME/Utilities.

OPTIONS

       This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').

       Dialog options

       --calendar
	      Display calendar dialog

       --entry
	      Display text entry dialog

       --error
	      Display error dialog

       --file-selection
	      Display file selection dialog

       --info Display info dialog

       --list Display list dialog

       --notification
	      Display notification

       --progress
	      Display progress indication dialog

       --question
	      Display question dialog

       --text-info
	      Display text information dialog

       --warning
	      Display warning dialog

       --scale
	      Display scale dialog

       --color-selection
	      Display color selection dialog

       --password
	      Display password dialog

       --forms
	      Display forms dialog

       General options

       --title=TITLE
	      Set the dialog title

       --window-icon=ICONPATH
	      Set  the	window icon with the path to an image. Alternatively, one of the four stock icons can be used: 'error', 'info', 'question'
	      or 'warning'

       --width=WIDTH
	      Set the dialog width

       --height=HEIGHT
	      Set the dialog height

       --timeout=TIMEOUT
	      Set the dialog timeout in seconds

       Calendar options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --day=INT
	      Set the calendar day

       --month=INT
	      Set the calendar month

       --year=INT
	      Set the calendar year

       --date-format=PATTERN
	      Set the format for the returned date. The default depends on the user locale or be set with  the	strftime  style.  For  example	%A
	      %d/%m/%y

       Text entry options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --entry-text=STRING
	      Set the entry text

       --hide-text
	      Hide the entry text

       Error options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
	      Do not enable text wrapping

       --no-markup
	      Do not enable pango markup

       File selection options

       --filename=FILENAME
	      Set the file or directory to be selected by default

       --multiple
	      Allow selection of multiple filenames in file selection dialog

       --directory
	      Activate directory-only selection

       --save Activate save mode

       --separator=SEPARATOR
	      Specify separator character when returning multiple filenames

       --confirm-overwrite
	      Confirm file selection if filename already exists

       --file-filter=NAME | PATTERN1 PATTERN2
	      Sets a filename filter

       Info options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
	      Do not enable text wrapping

       --no-markup
	      Do not enable pango markup

       List options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --column=STRING
	      Set the column header

       --checklist
	      Use check boxes for first column

       --radiolist
	      Use radio buttons for first column

       --separator=STRING
	      Set output separator character

       --multiple
	      Allow multiple rows to be selected

       --editable
	      Allow changes to text

       --print-column=NUMBER
	      Specify what column to print to standard output. The default is to return the first column. 'ALL' may be used to print all columns.

       --hide-column=NUMBER
	      Hide a specific column

       --hide-header
	      Hides the column headers

       Notification options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the notification text

       --listen
	      Listen  for commands on stdin. Commands include 'message', 'tooltip', 'icon', and 'visible' separated by a colon. For example, 'mes-
	      sage: Hello world', 'visible: false', or 'icon: /path/to/icon'. The icon command also accepts the four stock icon: 'error',  'info',
	      'question', and 'warning'

       Progress options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --percentage=INT
	      Set initial percentage

       --auto-close
	      Close dialog when 100% has been reached

       --auto-kill
	      Kill parent process if cancel button is pressed

       --pulsate
	      Pulsate progress bar

       --no-cancel
	      Hides the cancel button

       Question options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
	      Do not enable text wrapping

       --no-markup
	      Do not enable pango markup

       --ok-label
	      Set the text of the OK button

       --cancel-label
	      Set the text of the cancel button

       Text options

       --filename=FILENAME
	      Open file

       --editable
	      Allow changes to text

       --checkbox=TEXT
	      Enable a checkbox for use like a 'I read and accept the terms.'

       --ok-label
	      Set the text of the OK button

       --cancel-label
	      Set the text of the cancel button

       Warning options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
	      Do not enable text wrapping

       --no-markup
	      Do not enable pango markup

       Scale options

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --value=VALUE
	      Set initial value

       --min-value=VALUE
	      Set minimum value

       --max-value=VALUE
	      Set maximum value

       --step=VALUE
	      Set step size

       --print-partial
	      Print partial values

       --hide-value
	      Hide value

       Color selection options

       --color=VALUE
	      Set the initial color

       --show-palette
	      Show the palette

       Password dialog options

       --username
	      Display the username field

       Forms dialog options

       --add-entry=FIELDNAME
	      Add a new Entry in forms dialog

       --add-password=FIELDNAME
	      Add a new Password Entry in forms dialog

       --add-calendar=FIELDNAME
	      Add a new Calendar in forms dialog

       --text=STRING
	      Set the dialog text

       --separator=STRING
	      Set output separator character

       --forms-date-format=PATTERN
	      Set  the	format	for  the  returned  date. The default depends on the user locale or be set with the strftime style. For example %A
	      %d/%m/%y

       Miscellaneous options

       -?, --help
	      Show summary of options.

       --about
	      Display an about dialog.

       --version
	      Show version of program.

       Also the standard GTK+ options are accepted. For more information about the GTK+ options, execute following command.

	      zenity --help-gtk

ENVIRONMENT

       Normally, zenity detects the terminal window from which it was launched and keeps itself above that window.  This behavior can be  disabled
       by unsetting the WINDOWID environment variable.

EXAMPLES

       Display a file selector with the title Select a file to remove. The file selected is returned on standard output.

	      zenity  --title="Select a file to remove" --file-selection

       Display	a  text  entry	dialog	with  the title Select Host and the text Select the host you would like to flood-ping. The entered text is
       returned on standard output.

	      zenity  --title "Select Host" --entry --text "Select the host you would like to flood-ping"

       Display a dialog, asking Microsoft Windows has been found! Would you like to remove it?. The return code will be 0 (true in shell) if OK is
       selected, and 1 (false) if Cancel is selected.

	      zenity  --question --title "Alert"  --text "Microsoft Windows has been found! Would you like to remove it?"

       Show the search results in a list dialog with the title Search Results and the text Finding all header files....

	      find . -name '*.h' | zenity --list --title "Search Results" --text "Finding all header files.." --column "Files"

       Show a notification in the message tray

	      zenity --notification --window-icon=update.png --text "System update necessary!"

       Display a weekly shopping list in a check list dialog with Apples and Oranges pre selected

	      zenity --list --checklist --column "Buy" --column "Item" TRUE Apples TRUE Oranges FALSE Pears FALSE Toothpaste

       Display a progress dialog while searching for all the postscript files in your home directory

       find $HOME -name '*.ps' | zenity --progress --pulsate

AUTHOR

       Zenity was written by Glynn Foster <glynn.foster@sun.com>.

       This manual page was written by Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com>.

SEE ALSO

       gdialog(1), dialog(1)

								   December 2011							 ZENITY(1)