Capturing file descriptor 3, or alternatives.
Michael ODonnell
michael.odonnell at comcast.net
Tue Jun 19 17:51:18 EDT 2012
Here is a more complete list of candidates some of which may
handle the fd gymnastics in question for you and then simply
utter the desired results on their stdout:
Python:
python-dialog - Python module for making Text/Console-mode user interfaces
Text:
dialog - Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
kommander - visual dialog builder and executor tool
ssft - Shell Scripts Frontend Tool
whiptail - Displays user-friendly dialog boxes from shell scripts
X11:
xmessage - display a message or query in a window (X-based /bin/echo)
gxmessage - xmessage clone based on GTK+
zenity - Display graphical dialog boxes from shell scripts
kaptain - universal graphical front-end for command line programs
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