Draw a box in unix shell

[kaisalhassani]

Hi

I would like to draw a box in unix scripting shell and have text in it.

thank you

 

[PHV]

What have you tried so far and where in your code are you stuck ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[stefanwagner]

Something like that:

#/bin/bash
s="foobar as barfoo"; 
len=$((${#s}+4)); 
for i in $(seq 1 $len); do echo -n '*'; done; 
echo; echo "* "$s" *"; 
for i in $(seq 1 $len); do echo -n '*'; done; 
echo

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[mrn]

echo "#-----#"
echo "|     |"
echo "| txt |"
echo "|     |"
echo "#-----#"

or

Previously posted by columb

#!/bin/ksh

draw_line ()
  {
  COUNT=0
  while [[ $COUNT -lt $1 ]]
  do
    echo " \c"
    (( COUNT += 1 ))
  done
  echo "$3\c"
  COUNT=0
  while [ $COUNT -le $2 ]
  do
    echo "$4\c";
    (( COUNT += 1 ))
  done
  echo "$3"
  }

DOWN=$1
LEFT=$2
WIDTH=$3
DEPTH=$4
(( WIDTH -= 2 ))
(( DEPTH -= 2 ))
tput clear
KOUNT=0
while [ $KOUNT -le $DOWN ]
do
  echo
  (( KOUNT += 1 ))
done
draw_line $LEFT $WIDTH "+" "-"
KOUNT=0
while [ $KOUNT -lt $DEPTH ]
do
  draw_line $LEFT $WIDTH "|" " "
  (( KOUNT += 1 ))
done
draw_line $LEFT $WIDTH "+" "-"

Mike

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