Dialog script for copying a file

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Help... creating a script using Dialog

Hi , I just start to use Linux and i love it! I'm creating a project for school and is to create a script who ask the user to select and instal services like apache, dhcp, Samba, FTP etc... I create a menu using Dialog, just to make it better looking. I want to know how to retrieve the...

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Copying a string from a file using shell script

Hello everyone I am completely new to shell scripting in linux. I wan to write a script to search for a certain string from a .txt file and copy the string which apears just after tat searched string. Eg: in a file- try.txt , we have a line saying: "roses are red, so what do i do" I...

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Bash Script Issues (If statement for file copying)

Writing a bash script for use with Geektool, pulls the battery info, and shuffles images around so that an Image geeklet can display the correct expression as the desktop background. (Eventually I intend to make it more intricate, based on more variables, and add more expressions) I'm extremely...

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Script to display a dialog box every 5 seconds

I want to create a script that displays a dialog box every interval of time and exits that loop when a user presses ENTER Any idies?

5. Debian

Dialog box in debconf file.

Hi all, I am working with debconf file for packaging the projects. I have used the ". /usr/share/debconf/confmodule" file to do the packaging in debian standard. It worked fine. When ever I am installing the package in apt-get the dialogs are come as I mentioned in the templates file....

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Noob's 1st...bash-script for copying one file into many

I have one file "file.a.b.c-d.r" that I would like to use to spawn 4 other files: "file.a.b.1-A.r" "file.a.b.1-B.r" "file.a.b.1-C.r" "file.a.b.1-D.r" where the field "c-d" changes into my 1 and A-D. I was doing this manually at the prompt with > cp "file.a.b.c-d.r" "file.a.b.1-A.r" >...

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

dialog menu script. please HELP

hello. i want to create a useradd dialog menu. i cannot make a single menu with 4 box inputs ( user, pass, fullname, shell ) because the dialog utility is either limited or either i know to less about using the dialog utility. from what i see it only allows me to post these 4 boxes one by one,...

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Unix / Linux Dialog Utility - how to open 2+ more dialog windows ?

Hi, example of Unix / Linux dialog utility is below. I am going to use dialog as simple GUI for testing of a modem. So I need to combine some dialog boxes into one. I need to have input box, output box, info box, dialog box, radiobox as in any standard program with graphical user...

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

script copying the directory (or file) from server to my pc

Hello, I'm trying to create the shell script that: copy (or transfer) the directory from the unix server to my external hard drive (or hard drive) I've been serching this kind of thread here, but no luck so far. anyone can help me? Thank you.

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Having problems copying a file from a script

Hello. Complete newbie over here, and I'm hoping you can help me out with this problem. The script copies a file to a directory within my home dir. Permissions are ok and the source file exists. If I execute the cp command from the command line or hardcode the path/file name, it works. ...

LEARN ABOUT LINUX

zenity

zenity(1)							   User Commands							 zenity(1)

NAME

       zenity, gdialog - display simple GNOME dialogs

SYNOPSIS

       zenity	--calendar   [--height=height]	 [--title=title]   [--width=width]   [--window-icon=path]   [--date-format=format]  [--day=number]
       [--month=number] [--text=text] [--year=number]

       zenity --entry [--height=height] [--title=title] [--width=width] [--window-icon=path] [--entry-text=text] [--hide-text] [--text=text]

       zenity --error | --info | --question | --warning [--height=height] [--title=title] [--width=width] [--window-icon=path] [--text=text]

       zenity --file-selection [--height=height] [--title=title] [--width=width] [--window-icon=path]  [--filename=path]  [--multiple]	[--separa-
       tor=character]

       zenity --list --column=text [--height=height] [--title=title] [--width=width] [--window-icon=path] [--checklist] [--editable] [--radiolist]
       [--separator=character]

       zenity --progress [--height=height] [--title=title] [--width=width] [--window-icon=path] [--auto-close]	[--percentage=number]  [--pulsate]
       [--text=text]

       zenity --text-info [--height=height] [--title=title] [--width=width] [--window-icon=path] [--editable] [--filename=path]

       zenity --about | --help | --usage | --version | -GTK+_options

DESCRIPTION

       The  Zenity  application displays simple GNOME dialogs. You can use Zenity to create scripts that interact graphically with the user. gdia-
       log(1) has been deprecated and is now a wrapper script around Zenity, and will preserve compatibility with older scripts.

OPTIONS

       Zenity supports several different types of options.

   Zenity-Specific Options
       The following Zenity-specific options are supported:

       --about		       Display the About Zenity dialog, which provides information about the Zenity  application,  including  the  version
			       number and the author.

       --version	       Display the version number of Zenity.

   Help Options
       The following help options are supported:

       --help		       Display help text. You can also use -? to specify this option.

       --usage		       Display brief usage text.

   GTK+ Options
       Zenity supports the standard GTK+ options. For more information about the GTK+ options, execute the zenity -?  command.

   Dialog Options
       The following dialog options are supported:

       --calendar	       Display a calendar dialog.

       --entry		       Display a text entry dialog.

       --error		       Display an error dialog.

       --file-selection        Display a file-selection dialog.

       --info		       Display an informational dialog.

       --list		       Display a list dialog.

       --progress	       Display a progress indication dialog.

       --question	       Display a question dialog.

       --text-info	       Display a text information dialog.

       --warning	       Display a warning dialog.

   General Dialog Options
       The following general dialog options are supported:

       --height=height	       Set the dialog height.

       --title=title	       Set the dialog title.

       --width=width	       Set the dialog width.

       --window-icon=path      Set the dialog window icon with a full path to an image.

   Calendar Dialog Options
       The following calendar dialog options are supported:

       --date-format=format    Set the date format to return at the command line. The default format depends on your locale. The format must be of
			       strftime style, for example %A %d/%m/%y.

       --day=number	       Set the calendar day.

       --month=number	       Set the calendar month.

       --text=text	       Set the dialog text.

       --year=number	       Set the calendar year.

   Text-Entry Dialog Options
       The following text-entry dialog options are supported:

       --entry-text=text       Set the dialog entry text.

       --hide-text	       Use asterisks to hide the entry text.

       --text=text	       Set the dialog text.

   Error Dialog Options
       The following error dialog options are supported:

       --text=text	       Set the dialog text.

   File-Selection Dialog Options
       The following file-selection dialog options are supported:

       --filename=path	       Set the file or directory to select by default.

       --multiple	       Allow multiple selections.

       --separator=character   Set the separator character to return at the command line.  This option is used only when the dialog allows  multi-
			       ple selections.

   Informational Dialog Options
       The following informational dialog options are supported:

       --text=text	       Set the dialog text.

   List Dialog Options
       The following list dialog options are supported:

       --checklist	       Specify that the first column contains check boxes.

       --column=text	       Set the text of a column.

       --editable	       Specify that the dialog contents are editable.

       --radiolist	       Specify that the first column contains radio buttons.

       --separator=character   Set  the separator character to return at the command line.  This option is used only when the dialog allows multi-
			       ple selections.

   Progress-Indication Dialog Options
       The following progress-indication dialog options are supported:

       --auto-close	       Close the dialog automatically when 100% has been reached.

       --percentage=number     Set the initial percentage of the progress bar.

       --pulsate	       Specify that the progress bar pulsates until an EOF character is read from the command line.

       --text=text	       Set the dialog text.

   Question Dialog Options
       The following question dialog options are supported:

       --text=text	       Set the dialog text.

   Text-Informational Dialog Options
       The following text-informational dialog options are supported:

       --editable	       Specify that the dialog contents are editable.

       --filename=path	       Set the file to display in the dialog.

   Warning Dialog Options
       The following warning dialog options are supported:

       --text=text	       Set the dialog text.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching Zenity Using the List Dialog

       example% zenity --list --title="Choose bugs you wish to view" 
	 --text="Select items from the list below." 
	 --column="Bug Number" --column="Severity" --column="Description" 
	 992383 Normal "GtkTreeView crashes on multiple selections" 
	 293823 High "GNOME Dictionary does not handle proxy" 
	 393823 Critical "Menu editing does not work in GNOME 2.0"

       Example 2: Launching Zenity Using the Progress Dialog

       example% find . -name '*.bk' | zenity --progress 
	 --title="Finding backups" --pulsate

       Example 3: Launching Zenity Using the Text Informational Dialog

       example% zenity --text-info --title="LGPL License" 
	 --filename="/home/user1/LICENSE"

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       The following environment variables affect the execution of zenity:

       ZENITY_OK, DIALOG_OK	       Set the return value for OK.

       ZENITY_CANCEL, DIALOG_CANCEL    Set the return value for Cancel.

       ZENITY_ERROR, DIALOG_ERROR      Set the return value for Error.

       ZENITY_ESC, DIALOG_ESC	       Set the return value for Escape.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       -1	Error

       0	OK

       1	Cancel, Escape

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/zenity	       Executable for Zenity.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWzenity		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Zenity Manual

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

NOTES

       Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    20 Jul 2004 							 zenity(1)

Shell Programming and Scripting