Zenity_Rhel8
3 min readSep 26, 2021
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Zenity is free software and a cross-platform program that allows the execution of GTK dialog boxes in command-line and shell scripts.
It allows to ask and present information to/from shell in Graphical Boxes. It lets you create Graphical dialog boxes in command-line and makes the interaction between user and shell very easy.
We can use man zenity command to view all the options available in the zenity command
root@localhost~]# man zenity
Some of the basic dialogues available in ZENITY:
- Calendar Dialog Box:-
root@localhost~]# zenity --calendar
- Entry Dialog Box:-
root@localhost~]# zenity --entry
- Password Dialog Box:-
root@localhost~]# zenity --password
- Error Dialog Box:-
root@localhost~]# zenity --error
- File Selection Dialog Box:-
root@localhost~]# zenity --file-selection
- Info Dialog Box:-
root@localhost~]# zenity --info
- Forms Dialog Box:-
root@localhost~]# zenity --forms
- Progress Dialog Box:-
root@localhost~]# zenity --progress
- Color Selection Dialog Box:-
root@localhost~]# zenity --color-selection
- Scale Dialog Box:-
root@localhost~]# zenity --scale
- Warning Dialog Box:-
root@localhost~]# zenity --warning
- About Dialog Box:-
root@localhost~]# zenity --about
Further a lot can be done by using zenity command , as mentioned above we can use man — zenity option and can explore all the options that zenity provides.