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# kdialog
> Show KDE dialog boxes from within shell scripts.
> More information: <https://develop.kde.org/deploy/kdialog/>.
- Open a dialog box displaying a specific message:
`kdialog --msgbox "{{message}}" "{{optional_detailed_message}}"`
- Open a question dialog with a `yes` and `no` button, returning `0` and `1`, respectively:
`kdialog --yesno "{{message}}"`
- Open a warning dialog with a `yes`, `no`, and `cancel` button, returning `0`, `1`, or `2` respectively:
`kdialog --warningyesnocancel "{{message}}"`
- Open an input dialog box and print the input to stdout when `OK` is pressed:
`kdialog --inputbox "{{message}}" "{{optional_default_text}}"`
- Open a dialog to prompt for a specific password and print it to stdout:
`kdialog --password "{{message}}"`
- Open a dialog containing a specific dropdown menu and print the selected item to stdout:
`kdialog --combobx "{{message}}" "{{item1}}" "{{item2}}" "{{...}}"`
- Open a file chooser dialog and print the selected file's path to stdout:
`kdialog --getopenfilename`
- Open a progressbar dialog and print a DBUS reference for communication to stdout:
`kdialog --progressbar "{{message}}"`