Why does this code not work in Bash? <pre class="prettyprint"><code>whiptail --infobox "My Text" 0 0 </code></pre> The manual states: <pre class="prettyprint"><code>whiptail --infobox text height width </code></pre> So what is wrong?

How to display infobox in whiptail?

Why does this code not work in Bash?

whiptail --infobox "My Text" 0 0

The manual states:

whiptail --infobox text height width

So what is wrong?

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asked Oct 21 '12 17:10

Due to a bug, the --infobox option in whiptail doesn't work in an xterm (ie. gnome-terminal). It does work on a regular console, however.

This seems to be a long-standing bug, which has been brushed off as non-reproducible when it was reported.

More recently it has again been reported in Launchpad.

If you need a working --infobox under xterm, you can use dialog.

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answered Sep 27 '22 22:09

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