#!/bin/sh # The original dialog program assumed the first line after the first "XXX" # was a percentage value. DIALOG=${DIALOG-dialog} (echo "10" ; sleep 2 ; echo "XXX"; echo "The new" echo "\\n" echo "message"; echo "XXX"; echo "20" sleep 2; echo "75" ; sleep 1 echo "100") | \ $DIALOG --title "GAUGE" --gauge "Hi, this is a gauge widget" 10 40 0 if [ "$?" = 255 ] ; then echo "" echo "Box closed !" fi