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# 8  
Old 07-19-2014
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 would you relate that to the interface?
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# 9  
Old 07-19-2014
Hmm, i don't get what you mean, sry my english is bad.

So, i went to try something like this,

Code:
CHOICE=$(cat somefile)

case $CHOICE in

"$(cat somefile)") whiptail --msgbox  "$(ifconfig $1)" 20 78 5 ;;

esac

and the output turn out to be it show all the network card info.
# 10  
Old 07-19-2014
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:
Code:
whiptail --msgbox  "$(ifconfig $CHOICE)" 20 78 5

and you do not need a case statement..
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# 11  
Old 07-19-2014
Hello,

It doesn't work, because my CHOICE read the first field which is "1." instead of "eth0".

I use

Code:
2>somefile

and it read the first field.

How do i go about doing it so that it read the second field?
# 12  
Old 07-19-2014
That is because 1. is in the first field, you should use it in the second field, see my example in post #6 .
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# 13  
Old 07-19-2014
Ahh!!!! It works!

So, the only way to do it is to change the position. got it!!

Thanks a lot for guiding me through!! Appreciate it!!


Thanks,

Malfolozy
 
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