Listbox

💬 listbox element for bash

Simple bash listbox to choose from options

Usage

General usage

source ./listbox.sh
listbox -t Title -o "option 1|option 2|option 3" -r result
echo "user chose: $result"

output:

  Title
  -----
  option 1
> option 2
  option 3
  
user chose: option 2

Specify arrow symbol

listbox -t Title -o "option 1|option 2|option 3" -a '→'

output:

  Title
  ---
→ option 1
  option 2
  option 3
  
option 1

Pipe directly to variable

result=$(listbox -t Title -o "option 1|option 2|option 3" | tee /dev/tty | tail -n 1)
echo "user chose: $result"

output:

  Title
  ---
  option 1
> option 2
  option 3
  
user chose: option 2

What about zsh

It supports zsh as well. Same usage as for bash.

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License

MIT

Copyright (c) 2012-2016 Konstantin Gorodinskiy