dialog prgbox - doesn't seem to work

[sebastian.s]

Hey all, im stuck working on a script where i use dialog, and im trying to use a dialog prgbox to print out-put from a command and it's simply not working.

The syntax is:

dialog --prgbox "cal" 10 20

In my understanding the ouput from the cal command should be printed inside the dialog box, but it's not, it is empty.
I have read the man page and have looked up examples on the internet, but i can't figure this one out.

Thanks in advance.

[schragge]

Hmm, you're right. Weird.
As a workaround, --programbox still seems to work a bit better

cal|dialog --programbox 12 24

--calendar works as expected

dialog --calendar CALENDAR 0 0 `date +%d %m %Y`

[sebastian.s]

Ah that's nice, your first example worked perfectly.

Thanks mate