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That is because 1. is in the first field, you should use it in the second field, see my example in post #6 .

There are two fields for every menu item in whiptail. The first field is the choice that will be returned after selection, the second field is just a description..

So then you could just use:...

I would use the number in the second column so that the value that you obtain is the name of the interface (and so then you do not need a case statement).. Otherwise you just get a number and how...

You could try:

array=($(ifconfig -a | awk '{print $1, "Interface_"NR}' RS= ) )

There are many possibilities

Hi try:
array=($(ifconfig -a | sed -n 's/^\([^ ]\+\).*/\1 \1/p') )

You need two strings per item..

What's your system? There may be more convenient ways than ifconfig to get device names.

Dumping data into arrays is often -- usually -- not the answer.

BASH -- and most modern Bourne shells...