#!/usr/bin/perl use IPC::Open3; use File::Temp qw/ :mktemp /; my $options={ 'height'=>30, 'menuheight'=>20, 'width'=>50, 'title'=>"My dialog", }; my $val={ 'Options1'=>30, 'String_Options'=>30, 'Another_Options'=>30, 'Another_again'=>"My dialog", }; perlog_run($options,$val); sub create_cmd_line() { my ($hropt,$hrentry)=@_; my $cmdline="dialog --nocancel --inputmenu \"$hropt->{'title'}\" $hropt->{'height'} $hropt->{'width'} $hropt->{'menuheight'}"; foreach(sort keys %$hrentry) { $cmdline .= " \"$_\" \"$hrentry->{$_}\""; } return $cmdline; } sub perlog_run() { my ($hropt,$hrentry)=@_; my $d; for(;;) { open OLDERR, ">&", \*STDERR; close(STDERR); (*STDERR,$filename)=mkstemp("perllogXXXXXX"); my $c=&create_cmd_line($hropt,$hrentry); system("$c"); close (STDERR); open STDERR, ">&", \*OLDERR; close (OLDERR); open IN,"<$filename"; $_=; close(IN); unlink $filename; (/[^\s]+\s([^\s]+)\s(.+)$/)?$hrentry->{$1}=$2:last; } }