OOPS! Did not look at your script long enough, HERE is one that WORKS!! #!/bin/bash # set the temp file TMP=/tmp/NEO_temp # create the temp file touch $TMP # print the menu and redirect the stderr output to the temp file dialog --menu "The NEO suspend Script" 10 40 5 [suspend suspend] [poweroff poweroff] [reboot reboot] 2>$TMP # make a var = to the temp files contents ANSWER=$(cat $TMP) # check ANSWER for what it contains and for the contents do something case $ANSWER in [suspend ) echo "suspend" > ~/powerstatus ;; [reboot ) echo "reboot" > ~/powerstatus ;; [poweroff ) echo "poweroff" > ~/powerstatus ;; *) echo "INVALID Option!" esac # remove the temp file rm $TMP # done exit Bostjan Muller wrote:

Hi!

I am trying to write a script with dialog, and I can't seem to get it working. I don't know what stderr is (that's where the output of dialog is supposed to go). I have a menu set up in dalog and a test bash commands after it like this: #!/bin/bash dialog --menu "The NEO suspend script" 10 40 5 suspend suspend poweroff poweroff reboot reboot read ans if [ "$ans" = "suspend" ]; then echo suspend > ~/file else echo $ans > ~/file fi

The script does nothing - the read just wait's for the input from the user, i tried read -e and read -p, but it didn't work either. What do I have to do to make the output of dialog readable (or how can I use in a script)?

THX in advance!

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