How to Use Zenity

Definition of Zenity

Zenity is a Linux / Unix command that uses dialog boxes to make shell script more graphical to end-users.

Here is a link to the Wikipedia definition of the Zenity command: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenity

Features of Zenity

There are many different types of dialog boxes that the Zenity command can create. The following is a table that uses options (starting with -- symbol immediately followed by a word to indicate the type dialog box to create:

--calendar	Display calendar dialog
--entry	Display text entry dialog

      --error
             Display error dialog

      --file-selection
             Display file selection dialog

      --info Display info dialog

      --list Display list dialog

      --notification
             Display notification icon

      --progress
             Display progress indication dialog

      --question
             Display question dialog

      --text-info
             Display text information dialog

      --warning
             Display warning dialog

      --scale
             Display scale dialog