Creating User Interfaces with yad, dialog, and xdialog

I know, you’re thinking that shell scripting consists of nothing but entering boring, plain-text commands in a terminal. But, what if I told you that you can fancy up your scripts by adding a user interface? What if I told you that you can have a graphical interface for desktop systems or a non-graphical interface for text-mode servers? Well, you can, and I’m here to show you how.

Topics in this chapter include:

• Creating a graphical user interface with yad
• Creating user interfaces with dialog and xdialog

If you’re ready, let’s get started.