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Valentyn Hruzytskyi
Asked: 2018-10-20 02:37:15 +0800 CST

How to handle multiple parameters from a user's selection in a checklist menu? [duplicate]

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I'm creating script that runs commands based on information from a checklist dialog:

dialog --checklist "Choose what you want to install:" 0 0 0  1 mysql on 2 java on  3 git off 2> tempfile

dialog box

I have the correct data in tempfile (1 2), but I don't know how to use this data in future in my script.

scripts command-line bash dialog

1 Answers

  1. You can use --output-fd 1 to send output to stdout and then capture it as normal.

    answer=$(dialog --checklist "Choose what you want to install:" 0 0 0  1 mysql on 2 java on  3 git off --output-fd 1)
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