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# zenity
> Display dialogs from the command line/shell scripts.
> Return user-inserted values or 1 if error.
- Display the default question dialog:
`zenity --question`
- Display an info dialog displaying the text "Hello!":
`zenity --info --text="{{Hello!}}"`
- Display a name/password form and output the data separated by ";":
`zenity --forms --add-entry="{{Name}}" --add-password="{{Password}}" --separator="{{;}}"`
- Display a file selection form in which the user can only select directories:
`zenity --file-selection --directory`
- Display a progress bar which updates its message every second and show a progress percent:
`{{(echo "#1"; sleep 1; echo "50"; echo "#2"; sleep 1; echo "100")}} | zenity --progress`