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To obtain input, think of Zenity as a replacement for the '''read''' command.
You can use '''--entry''' to prompt the user for input. When the user enters text and clicks the OK button, or presses the <ENTER> key, zenity will return the value of that entered text. '''To store it into a <u>variable</u> to be used later in the program, you can use command substitution (enough said, since this is being used for an assignment! You figure it out :) ... )'''.