#! /bin/sh DIALOG=${DIALOG=dialog} left=10 unit="seconds" while test $left != 0 do $DIALOG --sleep 1 \ --begin 0 5 \ --title "INFO BOX" \ --infobox "Hi, this is an information box. It is different from a message box: it will not pause waiting for input after displaying the message. The pause here is only introduced by the sleep command within dialog. You have $left $unit to read this..." 0 0 left=`expr $left - 1` test $left = 1 && unit="second" done