Zenity Checklist not working with Separtor

[t-molli]

Hi All,

A little confused by why this isn't working anymore.


#!/bin/bash

ans=$(zenity --list --checklist --width=630 --height=200 --text "Select one or more options to perform" --column " Pick " --column "Action " --column "Comments" FALSE "1" "Whatever" TRUE "2" "Whatever" TRUE "3" "Whatever" --separator="\n"); echo $ans

echo -e $ans | while read line
do
case "$line" in
"1") echo "You Selected 1" ;;
"2") echo "You Selected 2" ;;
"3") echo "You Selected 3" ;;
esac
done
sleep 25


When running this in terminal, I don't see the '--separator="\n" creating new lines for the output. Instead, it's showing on one line. And, it's not reading the lines and providing the output of the associated selection with the 'case' command.

It's been a while for me, so I'm wondering if anything has changed that I'm unaware of or is it just something I'm missing?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[kaibob]

I think it will work if you double quote $ans (two spots).

[dwhitney67]

This thread was posted yesterday, which discusses how to interpret return values from zenity:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1345808

It is unfortunate that you did not perform a search for this thread yourself; it is so easy to do so.

[kaibob]

This thread was posted yesterday, which discusses how to interpret return values from zenity:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1345808

It is unfortunate that you did not perform a search for this thread yourself; it is so easy to do so.
I think the OP posted to that thread, so he was aware of it.