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Old 07-15-2014
Alright got it.

The following code doesn't seem to be working

Code:
#!/bin/bash
clear

whiptail --msgbox "Entering networking sub-menu" 20 78

CHOICE=$(
whiptail --title Networking --menu "Make your choice" 16 78 5 \
  "1)" "Display info" 3>&2 2>&1 1>&3 
)
case $CHOICE in
  "1)") ./displayinfo.sh
esac

However, the one that directed to "somefile" works just fine. Therefore, i'll stick to that code as it is clearer.

----------------------------------------------------------------

And, there's one more question that i would like to ask.

Basically, i have two network card installed and i would like the code display the information of the selected network card and to display only available network card as the choices for the user. How do i go about doing that in Whiptail?

I tried doing it in "Select" and it work like this.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
clear

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

echo "Present NIC: "
echo ""
echo $presentNIC
echo ""

read -p "Which NIC?" ansNIC

echo ""
echo $(ifconfig $ansNIC)
echo ""

And when i tried to do it in the Whiptail, the answer stack as one choice... someone guide me pls.


Code:
#!/bin/bash
clear

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

whiptail --title "Networking" --menu "Make your choice" 16 78 5 \
"1." "$presentNIC" 2>somefile
CHOICE=$(cat somefile)
             case $CHOICE in
             "1)") *link it to chosen network card* ;;
             esac

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 07-15-2014 at 09:30 AM.. Reason: CODE tags
# 9  
Old 07-15-2014
Stacked as one choice
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