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Rev

I'd like to note that I put the line TERMINAL=$(tty) at the top of my script and then in the CHOICE variable definition I changed 2>&1 >/dev/tty to 2>&1 >$TERMINAL to avoid redirection issues if the script was run in a different terminal context.

Shrout1
– Shrout1

2018-06-12 14:37:06 +00:00
Commented Jun 12, 2018 at 14:37
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What does the --backtitle parameter do?

TRiG
– TRiG

2018-08-31 23:22:58 +00:00
Commented Aug 31, 2018 at 23:22
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It’s the title of the bluescreen in the background. You can see it in the top left corner of the screenshot that reads “Backtitle here”.

Alaa Ali
– Alaa Ali

2018-08-31 23:25:30 +00:00
Commented Aug 31, 2018 at 23:25
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Note that dialog is not universally available on all Linux systems. Even though it looks kinda cool, your script might not be compatible across different systems/releases/distributions.

88weighed
– 88weighed

2021-02-11 19:01:56 +00:00
Commented Feb 11, 2021 at 19:01

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