How to create a multi selection menu ?

tolekutma · 09-18-2010, 08:01 AM

Hi,

I am creating a program that need menu with multi selection option for shell (CLI).
I am using of Bash scripts.
something that will look like that:

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Menu:
[ ] option 1
[x] option 2
[ ] option 3
[x] option 4

please select your option:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It is behave such as checkbox, each selected item will get "X".

Does any one know on example for that?

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My programing level is:
I am newbie to Linux scripting.
(advanced programmer in C/C++)
]

Thanks

harryhaller · 09-18-2010, 09:41 AM

try:

Code:

man dialog

catkin · 09-18-2010, 10:16 AM

AFAIK there is no tool to do that and it would be non-trivial (very!) to code it in bash using terminal escape sequences. Is there any reason why you can't write an ncurses program and run that from bash?

EDIT: thanks to harryhaller for correcting me

(Excuse: I was looking for "menu" and did not think of the "dialog" synonym

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