ZENITY(1) User Commands ZENITY(1) NAME zenity - manual page for zenity 4.2.2 DESCRIPTION zenity is a program that will display GTK+ dialogs, and return (either in the return code, or on standard output) the users input. This allows you to present information, and ask for information from the user, from all manner of shell scripts. For example, zenity --question will return either 0, 1 or 5, depending on whether the user pressed OK, Cancel or timeout has been reached. zenity --entry will output on standard output what the user typed into the text entry field. Comprehensive documentation is also available in the GNOME Help Browser. Usage: zenity [OPTION???] Help Options: -h, --help Show help options --help-all Show all help options --help-general Show general options --help-calendar Show calendar options --help-entry Show text entry options --help-error Show error options --help-info Show info options --help-file-selection Show file selection options --help-list Show list options --help-notification Show notification options --help-progress Show progress options --help-question Show question options --help-warning Show warning options --help-scale Show scale options --help-text-info Show text information options --help-color-selection Show color selection options --help-password Show password dialog options --help-forms Show forms dialog options --help-misc Show miscellaneous options General options --title=TITLE Set the dialog title --width=WIDTH Set the width --height=HEIGHT Set the height --timeout=TIMEOUT Set dialog timeout in seconds --ok-label=TEXT Set the label of the OK button --cancel-label=TEXT Set the label of the Cancel button --extra-button=TEXT Add an extra button --modal Set the modal hint --attach=WINDOW DEPRECATED; does nothing Calendar options --text=TEXT Set the dialog text --day=DAY Set the calendar day --month=MONTH Set the calendar month --year=YEAR Set the calendar year --date-format=PATTERN Set the format for the returned date Text entry options --text=TEXT Set the dialog text --entry-text=TEXT Set the entry text --hide-text Hide the entry text Error options --text=TEXT Set the dialog text --icon=ICON-NAME Set the icon name --no-wrap Do not enable text wrapping --no-markup Do not enable Pango markup --ellipsize Enable ellipsizing in the dialog text. This fixes the high window size with long texts Info options --text=TEXT Set the dialog text --icon=ICON-NAME Set the icon name --no-wrap Do not enable text wrapping --no-markup Do not enable Pango markup --ellipsize Enable ellipsizing in the dialog text. This fixes the high window size with long texts File selection options --filename=FILENAME Set the filename --multiple Allow multiple files to be selected --directory Activate directory-only selection --save Activate save mode --separator=SEPARATOR Set output separator character --file-filter=NAME | PATTERN1 PATTERN2 ... Set a filename filter --confirm-overwrite DEPRECATED; does nothing List options --text=TEXT Set the dialog text --column=COLUMN Set the column header --checklist Use check boxes for the first column --radiolist Use radio buttons for the first column --imagelist Use an image for the first column --separator=SEPARATOR Set output separator character --multiple Allow multiple rows to be selected --editable Allow changes to text --print-column=NUMBER Print a specific column (Default is 1. 'ALL' can be used to print all columns) --hide-column=NUMBER Hide a specific column --hide-header Hide the column headers --mid-search DEPRECATED; does nothing Notification options --text=TEXT Set the notification text --icon=ICON-NAME Set the icon name --listen Listen for commands on stdin --hint=TEXT DEPRECATED; does nothing Progress options --text=TEXT Set the dialog text --percentage=PERCENTAGE Set initial percentage --pulsate Pulsate progress bar --auto-close Dismiss the dialog when 100% has been reached --auto-kill Kill parent process if Cancel button is pressed --no-cancel Hide Cancel button --time-remaining Estimate when progress will reach 100% Question options --text=TEXT Set the dialog text --icon=ICON-NAME Set the icon name --no-wrap Do not enable text wrapping --no-markup Do not enable Pango markup --default-cancel Give Cancel button focus by default --ellipsize Enable ellipsizing in the dialog text. This fixes the high window size with long texts --switch Suppress OK and Cancel buttons Warning options --text=TEXT Set the dialog text --icon=ICON-NAME Set the icon name --no-wrap Do not enable text wrapping --no-markup Do not enable Pango markup --ellipsize Enable ellipsizing in the dialog text. This fixes the high window size with long texts Scale options --text=TEXT Set the dialog text --value=VALUE Set initial value --min-value=VALUE Set minimum value --max-value=VALUE Set maximum value --step=VALUE Set step size --print-partial Print partial values --hide-value Hide value Text information options --filename=FILENAME Open file --editable Allow changes to text --font=TEXT Set the text font --checkbox=TEXT Enable an I read and agree checkbox --auto-scroll Auto scroll the text to the end. Only when text is captured from stdin Color selection options --color=VALUE Set the color --show-palette Show the palette Password dialog options --username Display the username option Forms dialog options --add-entry=Field name Add a new Entry in forms dialog --add-password=Field name Add a new Password Entry in forms dialog --add-multiline-entry=Field name Add a new multi-line entry in forms dialog (Since: 4.2) --add-calendar=Calendar field name Add a new Calendar in forms dialog --add-list=List field and header name Add a new List in forms dialog --list-values=List of values separated by | List of values for List --column-values=List of values separated by | List of values for columns --add-combo=Combo box field name Add a new combo box in forms dialog --combo-values=List of values separated by | List of values for combo box --show-header Show the columns header --text=TEXT Set the dialog text --separator=SEPARATOR Set output separator character --forms-date-format=PATTERN Set the format for the returned date Miscellaneous options --about About zenity --version Print version Application Options: --calendar Display calendar dialog --entry Display text entry dialog --error Display error dialog --info Display info dialog --file-selection Display file selection dialog --list Display list dialog --notification Display notification --progress Display progress indication dialog --question Display question dialog --warning Display warning dialog --scale Display scale dialog --text-info Display text information dialog --color-selection Display color selection dialog --password Display password dialog --forms Display forms dialog EXAMPLES Display a file selector with the title Select a file to remove. The file selected is returned on standard output. zenity --title="Select a file to remove" --file-selection Display a text entry dialog with the title Select Host and the text Select the host you would like to flood-ping. The entered text is returned on standard output. zenity --title "Select Host" --entry --text "Select the host you would like to flood-ping" Display a dialog, asking Microsoft Windows has been found! Would you like to remove it?. The return code will be 0 (true in shell) if OK is selected, and 1 (false) if Cancel is selected. zenity --question --title "Alert" --text "Microsoft Windows has been found! Would you like to remove it?" Show the search results in a list dialog with the title Search Results and the text Finding all header files.... find . -name '*.h' | zenity --list --title "Search Results" --text "Finding all header files.." --column "Files" Show a passive notification zenity --notification --icon=software-update-available --text "Sys- tem update necessary!" Display a weekly shopping list in a check list dialog with Apples and Or- anges pre selected zenity --list --checklist --column "Buy" --column "Item" TRUE Apples TRUE Oranges FALSE Pears FALSE Toothpaste Display a progress dialog while searching for all the postscript files in your home directory find $HOME -name '*.ps' | zenity --progress --pulsate AUTHOR Zenity was originally written by Glynn Foster <glynn.foster@sun.com>. It has since been maintained by a number of contributors since then. This manual page was originally written by Ross Burton <ross@bur- tonini.com>. It currently contains portions which are automatically gener- ated, and other portions written by its original author. SEE ALSO dialog(1) zenity 4.2.2 August 2026 ZENITY(1)
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