WHIPTAIL(1) General Commands Manual WHIPTAIL(1) (NAME) whiptail - (SYNOPSIS) whiptail [ --title title ] [ --backtitle backtitle ] [ --clear ] [ --default-item string ] [ --defaultno ] [ --fb ] [ --nocancel ] [ --yes-button text ] [ --no-button text ] [ --ok-button text ] [ --cancel-button text ] [ --noitem [ ] --output-fd fd ] [ --separate-output ] [ --scrolltext ] [ --topleft ] box-options (DESCRIPTION) whiptail . : yes/no menu input message text info checklist radiolist gauge password. (OPTIONS) --clear (screen attribute) . (alternate screen switching) xterm ( ) slang ( ). --defaultno No . --default-item string menu. . --fb, --fullbuttons . ( whiptail ). --nocancel Cancel . --yes-button text Yes. --no-button text No. --ok-button text Ok. --cancel-button text Cancel. --noitem menu checklist radiolist (tags) (items) . menu checklist radiolist (tag) (status) . --notags (tags) menu checklist radiolist . --separate-output checklist . . --output-fd fd (file descriptor) . whiptail (stderr) . --title title title () . --backtitle backtitle backtitle ( ) . --scrolltext . --topleft -. -h, --help . -v, --version . (Box Options) --yesno text height width / (yes/no) height width . text . . text \n `\n' . . Yes No TAB . --msgbox text height width message yes/no . message yes/no message OK . . ENTER whiptail . --infobox text height width info message . whiptail . whiptail . . --inputbox text height width [init] input . init . BACKSPACE . . stderr . --passwordbox text height width [init] password . . "init" . . "init" . --textbox file height width text . . UP/DOWN PGUP/PGDN HOME/END . LEFT/RIGHT . . --menu text height width menu-height [ tag item ] ... menu . tag item . tag . item . UP/DOWN tag . menu-height . whiptail tag stderr . --checklist text height width list-height [ tag item status ] ... checklist menu . SPACE . / (on/off) status . tag stderr . --radiolist text height width list-height [ tag item status ] ... radiolist menu . status on . --gauge text height width percent gauge ( ) . . (stdin) . . XXX XXX (prompt) . stdin EOF . (NOTES) whiptail "-" . ( menubox) whiptail getopt "--" . height width menu/list-height whiptail . (DIAGNOSTICS) 0 whiptail Yes OK 1 No Cancel . whiptail whiptail ESC -1 . (AUTHORS) dialog(1) : Savio Lam (lam836@cs.cuhk.hk) - 0.3 Stuart Herbert (S.Herbert@sheffield.ac.uk) - 0.4 whiptail : Enrique Zanardi (ezanard@debian.org) Alastair McKinstry (mckinstry@debian.org) Whiptail Version 0.52.5 31 January 2007 WHIPTAIL(1)