Command-line tool

dialog

brew/dialog

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Display user-friendly message boxes from shell scripts

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install cdialog

macOS

brew install dialog

Linux

brew install dialog

Display a message

dialog --msgbox "Message" height width

Prompt the user for text

dialog --inputbox "Enter text:" 8 40 2>output.txt

Prompt the user for a yes/no question

dialog --yesno "Continue?" 7 40

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