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NAME

       zenity - display GTK+ dialogs

SYNOPSIS

       zenity [options]

DESCRIPTION

       zenity  is a program that will display GTK+ dialogs, and return (either
       in the return code, or on standard output) the users input. This allows
       you to present information, and ask for information from the user, from
       all manner of shell scripts.

       For example, zenity --question will return either 0 or 1, depending  on
       whether  the  user  pressed OK or Cancel. zenity --entry will output on
       standard output what the user typed into the text entry field.

       Comprehensive documentation is available in  the  GNOME  Help  Browser,
       under GNOME/Utilities.

OPTIONS

       This  program  follows  the  usual  GNU  command line syntax, with long
       options starting with two dashes (`-').

       Dialog options

       --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

       --color-selection
              Display color selection dialog

       General options

       --title=TITLE
              Set the dialog title

       --window-icon=ICONPATH
              Set the window icon with the path to  an  image.  Alternatively,
              one  of  the  four  stock  icons  can  be used: 'error', 'info',
              'question' or 'warning'

       --width=WIDTH
              Set the dialog width

       --height=HEIGHT
              Set the dialog height

       --timeout=TIMEOUT
              Set the dialog timeout in seconds

       Calendar options

       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --day=INT
              Set the calendar day

       --month=INT
              Set the calendar month

       --year=INT
              Set the calendar year

       --date-format=PATTERN
              Set the format for the returned date. The default depends on the
              user  locale  or  be set with the strftime style. For example %A
              %d/%m/%y

       Text entry options

       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --entry-text=STRING
              Set the entry text

       --hide-text
              Hide the entry text

       Error options

       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
              Do not enable text wrapping

       File selection options

       --filename=FILENAME
              Set the file or directory to be selected by default

       --multiple
              Allow selection of multiple filenames in file selection dialog

       --directory
              Activate directory-only selection

       --save Activate save mode

       --separator=SEPARATOR
              Specify separator character when returning multiple filenames

       --confirm-overwrite
              Confirm file selection if filename already exists

       --file-filter=NAME | PATTERN1 PATTERN2
              Sets a filename filter

       Info options

       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
              Do not enable text wrapping

       List options

       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --column=STRING
              Set the column header

       --checklist
              Use check boxes for first column

       --radiolist
              Use radio buttons for first column

       --separator=STRING
              Set output separator character

       --multiple
              Allow multiple rows to be selected

       --editable
              Allow changes to text

       --print-column=NUMBER
              Specify what column to print to standard output. The default  is
              to  return  the  first  column.  'ALL'  may be used to print all
              columns.

       --hide-column=NUMBER
              Hide a specific column

       --hide-header
              Hides the column headers

       Notification options

       --text=STRING
              Set the notification text

       --listen
              Listen  for  commands  on  stdin.  Commands  include  'message',
              'tooltip',  'icon',  and  'visible'  separated  by  a colon. For
              example, 'message: Hello world',  'visible:  false',  or  'icon:
              /path/to/icon'.  The  icon  command  also accepts the four stock
              icon: 'error', 'info', 'question', and 'warning'

       Progress options

       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --percentage=INT
              Set initial percentage

       --auto-close
              Close dialog when 100% has been reached

       --auto-kill
              Kill parent process if cancel button is pressed

       --pulsate
              Pulsate progress bar

       --no-cancel
              Hides the cancel button

       Question options

       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
              Do not enable text wrapping

       --ok-label
              Set the text of the OK button

       --cancel-label
              Set the text of the cancel button

       Text options

       --filename=FILENAME
              Open file

       --editable
              Allow changes to text

       Warning options

       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --no-wrap
              Do not enable text wrapping

       Scale options

       --text=STRING
              Set the dialog text

       --value=VALUE
              Set initial value

       --min-value=VALUE
              Set minimum value

       --max-value=VALUE
              Set maximum value

       --step=VALUE
              Set step size

       --print-partial
              Print partial values

       --hide-value
              Hide value

       Color selection options

       --color=VALUE
              Set the initial color

       --show-palette
              Show the palette

       Miscellaneous options

       -?, --help
              Show summary of options.

       --about
              Display an about dialog.

       --version
              Show version of program.

       Also the standard GTK+ options are accepted.

ENVIRONMENT

       Normally, zenity detects the terminal window from which it was launched
       and  keeps  itself above that window.  This behavior can be disabled by
       unsetting the WINDOWID environment variable.

EXAMPLES

       Display a file selector with the title Select a  file  to  remove.  The
       file selected is returned on standard output.

              zenity  --title="Select a file to remove" --file-selection

       Display  a  text  entry  dialog with the title Select Host and the text
       Select the host you would like  to  flood-ping.  The  entered  text  is
       returned on standard output.

              zenity   --title  "Select  Host" --entry --text "Select the host
              you would like to flood-ping"

       Display a dialog, asking Microsoft Windows has been  found!  Would  you
       like  to remove it?. The return code will be 0 (true in shell) if OK is
       selected, and 1 (false) if Cancel is selected.

              zenity  --question --title "Alert"   --text  "Microsoft  Windows
              has been found! Would you like to remove it?"

       Show  the search results in a list dialog with the title Search Results
       and the text Finding all header files....

              find . -name '*.h' |  zenity  --list  --title  "Search  Results"
              --text "Finding all header files.." --column "Files"

       Show an icon in the notification area

              zenity  --notification  --window-icon=update.png  --text "System
              update necessary!"

       Display a weekly shopping list in a check list dialog with  Apples  and
       Oranges pre selected

              zenity  --list  --checklist  --column "Buy" --column "Item" TRUE
              Apples TRUE Oranges FALSE Pears FALSE Toothpaste

       Display a progress dialog while searching for all the postscript  files
       in your home directory

       find $HOME -name '*.ps' | zenity --progress --pulsate

AUTHOR

       Zenity was written by Glynn Foster <glynn.foster@sun.com>.

       This manual page was written by Ross Burton <ross@burtonini.com>.

SEE ALSO

       gdialog(1), dialog(1)

                              February 1st, 2003