i want to create an apps, that is task manager using shell-script and Graphical user interface(GUI) in Linux operating system.I have no idea about GUI package in Linux Operating system.Now my question is which GUI package i can use for creating for Task manager.

if anyone have an idea regarding this,please help me!!

Thanks!!

I know zenity can do some basic shell-script GUIs, but I'm not sure it could handle this. Do you really want to do it in shell? There are lots of good choices out there - Ruby, Python, C, etc. - I don't think shell script is one of them.

To do this as a shell script, you'd either need a "shell" that's capable of providing a GUI or a GUI that can be manipulated on the command line, i.e. a daemon that has a simple language for manipulating a GUI. This is because you can't just have a GUI floating in the air; you need a persistent process that owns the GUI, and a shell is primarily meant for creating processes. Your choices will also depend on what you mean by "task manager". Do you want it to periodically update (like top,) or you you just want a static list of processes that can be killed?

Kevin Barry

Thank u,JohnGraham & ta0kira!!!

This is a shell script project. to make user interface we need a gui builder that can be implemented in the linux shell script. is there any front end package that can help me build a gui in the linux shell?? a bit updated than the zenity?? here we r talking about a task manager capable to show the running processes and apps and to kill them and also to restart or shut down the system if necessary.