#!/bin/sh DIALOG=${DIALOG=/usr/bin/dialog} $DIALOG --title "INFO BOX" \ --infobox "Hi, this is an information box. It is different from a message box in that it will not pause waiting for input after displaying the message. The pause here is only introduced by the sleep command, not by dialog. You have 10 seconds to read this..." -1 -1 stty -echo sleep 10 stty echo