[Discuss] bash script problem

[Andrew Resch]

Try this:

OUTPUT=$(kdialog --title "Input" --inputbox "Type something")


On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:09 PM, John Blomfield <jabfield at shaw.ca> wrote:

> I want to use the command kdialog that produces an input GUI and captures
> the text in a bash script something like this:
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> kdialog --title "Input" --inputbox "Type something"
> # kdialog sends the output to stdout ie prints on the command line but I
> want it to go to a variable like this:
>
> OUTPUT=&1
>
> But this does not work.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> John
>
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