One of the more commonly overlooked items when creating shell scripts is their ability to do more than just output to the command line. The misconception that a well written script cannot create or display more advanced GUI controls (progress bars, warning boxes, status updates, etc) will be addressed in some detail. We are going to look at several ways that you can use your shell scripts in a more user friendly manner.
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