Two Shell Scripting Questions

[italiangirl6]

well I am trying to write a functional shell script that allows me to deactivate a node connected to my Linux, in this case my usb wifi card and to refresh and turn it back on. The other thing is I found this interesting command, "kdialog" with a --yesno for it. However for the life of me I am not certain how to get the functions for Yes and No to work properly. I do have basic C# and C++ knowledge and still learning. Any ideas?

[DBelton]

you can do it somewhat like this...


kdialog --yesno "Do you wish to proceed?"

rc=$?

if [ "${rc}" == "0" ]; then
answer="yes"
else
answer="no"
fi



however, you may wish to look at zenity instead of kdialog. To me, it's much simpler to use to display Gtk+ dialog boxes from shell scripts.

[italiangirl6]

wow thank you so much DBelton, that put my project ahead so much. I really appreciate it. ^-^

[stevea]

+1 on zenity. Very basic but it fills a niche.

Examine the
nmcli nm wifi on
nmcli nm wifi off
commands.