"'dialog' is a utility for building console-based 'front ends' in UNIX like operating systems.
In this brief tutorial I am mentioning the usage of few important basic controls available with this 'dialog' utility and later I have created a very simple front end application in UNIX bash scripting using dialog.
"To install 'dialog' on your ubuntu:
$ apt-get install dialog
"Box options available with dialog: (Do a 'man' of dialog to know the usage of each control box)