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Just for the purposes of readability, can you attach the script as a separate attachment rather than in the email? Would be easier to read, that's all. Thanks :) On this date - Sun, Sep 01, 2019 at 04:44:51PM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi > > > I am trying to write a shell script in whiptail ( this is a graphical > toolkit for bash) > > whiptail --title "Check list example" --checklist \ > "Choose user's permissions" 20 40 4 \ > "Hello" "Print Hello" OFF \ > "Goodbye" "Print Goodbye" OFF \ > "CYA" "Print cya" OFF \ > > CHOICEs=$? > > echo $CHOICEs > > if $CHOICEs = "Hello" ; then > echo "you selected hello" > elif $CHOICEs = "Goodbye" ; then > echo "You Said Good bye" > elif i$CHOICES = "CYA" ; then > echo "You said cya" > fi > > This produces a small menu with check boxes (so the first part works), > I can select what I want and press Ok. > > I am not really sure how do handle the output and the 2nd part of this > script doesn't work as expected. But I don't fully understand stderr > which is the how whiptail outputs to the console / terminal. > > Using the information at ( > https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bash_Shell_Scripting/Whiptail#Check_list i > > This just tells me how to handle the graphical part of this. Not how > to handle what is produced. > > Clearly the example above is meant to echo to the screen something > relating to the options selected, however as echo can be replaced with > other commands I am just keen to get this working on a very basic level > before I try and do something a little more complex. > > Can anyone help please. > > thanks > > Paul > > -- > Paul Sutton > http://www.zleap.net > gnupg : 7D6D B682 F351 8D08 1893 1E16 F086 5537 D066 302D > > https://fediverse.party/ - zleap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- Sincerely, Dom Rodriguez (shymega/dzr). -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq