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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Cannot get terminal application to launch with a graphical launcher when successful in terminal Post 302966816 by Huitzilopochtli on Tuesday 16th of February 2016 10:08:05 PM
Old 02-16-2016
@ RudiC

Well, I've half successfully implemented the "select" statement in my script, but instead of actually doing the command, it just tells me the command linked to the number. The "case" statement functions fine in the version of this script before I added the "select" part.

Here is the script now:
Code:
#!/bin/bash

 # WiFi Commander, a lazy way to lazily connect to the WiFi

 # Unstable

 # This script requires that nmcli, w3m, and w3m-img (if
 # you want to be able to see pictures), are all installed
 # on the computer running it

DDG="www.duckduckgo.com"

test () {
echo; ping -c 1 $DDG
if [ "$?" -eq "0" ];
then echo; echo "Connection Successful."
else echo; echo "Connection Unsuccessful."
fi
}

discon () {
nmcli d disconnect wlan0
if [ "$?" -eq "10" ];
then echo; echo "wlan0 not found: Testing for wlan0mon...."; echo; sleep .75; discon2
fi
}

discon2 () {
nmcli d disconnect wlan0mon
if [ "$?" -eq "10" ];
then echo; echo "Error with the WiFi Adapter."
fi
}

interweb () {
echo; w3m $DDG
if [ "$?" -eq "0" ];
then echo " ";
else echo; echo "You are not connected to the internet."
fi
}

menu () {
echo; echo "Command Menu:"; echo
echo "S: Scan for WiFi"
echo "CTN: Connect to new WiFi"
echo "C: Connect to a Saved Connection"
echo "T: Test Connection"
echo "D: Disconnect from WiFi"
echo "VC: View Saved Connections"
echo "DelCon: Delete a Saved Connection"
echo "LB: Launch Browser (W3M)"
echo "SM: Show this Menu"
echo "E: Exit"
}

echo; echo "Welcome to WiFi Commander."; sleep .75; echo

PS3="WiFi Command: "
select command in "Scan for WiFi" "Connect to new WiFi" "Connect to a Saved Connection" "Test Connection" "Disconnect from WiFi" "View Saved Connections" "Delete a Saved Connection" "Launch Browser (W3M)" "Show this Menu" "Exit"; do echo $command; done
1) "Scan for WiFi"
2) "Connect to New WiFi"
3) "Connect to a Saved Connection"
4) "Test Connection"
5) "Disconnect from WiFi"
6) "View Saved Connection"
7) "Delete a Saved Connection"
8) "Launch Browser (W3M)"
9) "Show this Menu"
10) "Exit"
WiFi Command: 

case $command in

([1]) echo; echo $(iwlist scan | grep -E "Quality|Signal level|Encryption key|ESSID"); echo;;
([2]) echo; echo "SSID:"; echo; read ssid; echo; echo "Key:"; echo; read passwd; sudo nmcli d wifi connect "$ssid" password "$passwd"; echo;;
([3]) echo $(nmcli c); echo; echo "Connect to??"; echo; read ssid; nmcli c up id "$ssid";;
([4]) test;;
([5]) discon;;
([6]) echo; echo $(nmcli c); echo;;
([7]) echo; echo $(nmcli c); echo; echo "Delete which??"; echo; read ssid; nmcli c delete id "$ssid";;
([8]) interweb;;
([9]) menu;;
([10]) echo; echo "Goodbye."; echo; exit;;
*) echo; echo "Error: Command not recognised.";;

esac

The picture is of what happens when an option is entered into the script. As you can see, the command associated with the number from the "select" statement is not actually executed.

I'm not quite sure what is wrong with this, as the "select" statement is very new to me.

Once again, I thank you for your time.
 

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mb-applet-launcher(1)					      General Commands Manual					     mb-applet-launcher(1)

NAME
mb-applet-launcher - an application launcher panel applet SYNOPSIS
mb-applet-launcher [options] [action] image_file application DESCRIPTION
mb-applet-launcher is a panel applet which can be used to start a given application. The applet displays the PNG or XPM file given on the command line as an icon, and when the user clicks on the icon the application is started. Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited. OPTIONS
-display display X display to connect to --title title --no-animation Disable any animations --start, -s Start application immediately The default action is to iconize/uniconize the selected application. Other actions can be specified as command-line options: --kill, -k Destroy the application --respawn, -l Respawn multiple instances of the application --message, -m Display output from the application as a message from the panel Alternatively, a valid .desktop file can be given: --desktop .desktop_file Any actions given with this option will have no effect. Similar behaviour can be achieved by including a `SingleInstance=True' key pair in the .desktop file. AUTHOR
mb-applet-launcher was written by Matthew Allum <mallum@o-hand.com>. Jul 17 2004 mb-applet-launcher(1)
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