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Seconds to hours and minutes
This program format an arbitrary number of seconds into hours and minutes: #!/bin/bashseconds=0echo -n "Enter number of seconds > "read secondshours=$((seconds / 3600))seconds=$((seconds % 3600))minutes=$((seconds / 60))seconds=$((seconds % 60))ech...
Simple array usage in Bash
#!/bin/basharray=(one two three four [5]=five)echo "Array size: ${#array[*]}"echo "Array items:"for item in ${array[*]}do printf " %s\n" $itemdoneecho "Array indexes:"for index in ${!array[*]}do printf " %d\n" $indexdoneecho "Array items an...
Fifth basic front end with dialog/Xdialog - Building a Gauge
A gauge based on dialog can be used to indicate progress of your program. Building a gauge is slightly tricky. Look at the following example: #!/bin/shDIALOG=${DIALOG=dialog}COUNT=10(while test $COUNT != 110doecho $COUNTecho "XXX"echo "The new\n\mes...
Fourth basic front end with dialog/Xdialog - Radiolist and Checklist
Radiolists and checklists can be programmed just like menus. A simple radio list example is given below. #! /bin/shDIALOG=${DIALOG=dialog}tempfile=`tempfile 2>/dev/null` || tempfile=/tmp/test$$trap "rm -f $tempfile" 0 1 2 5 15$DIALOG --backtitle "...
Third basic front end with dialog/Xdialog - building menu
Try the following program both in console and X (after changing dialog to Xdialog as before): #!/bin/shDIALOG=${DIALOG=dialog}tempfile=`tempfile 2>/dev/null` || tempfile=/tmp/test$$trap "rm -f $tempfile" 0 1 2 5 15$DIALOG --clear --title "My favor...
Second basic front end with dialog/Xdialog
The following script reads a string you input and prints it back.#!/bin/shDIALOG=${DIALOG=dialog}tempfile=`tempfile 2>/dev/null` || tempfile=/tmp/test$$trap "rm -f $tempfile" 0 1 2 5 15$DIALOG --title "My input box" --clear \ --inputbox "Hi, t...
