maybe_while_box() { ( p=$1 sleep 2 ;echo "XXX";echo "Beginning";echo "XXX";sleep .5 while [ -d /proc/$p ] do echo "XXX" ;echo -"//" ;echo "XXX" ;sleep .05 ; echo "XXX" ;echo "==" ;echo "XXX" ; sleep .05 ; echo "XXX" ;echo "\\" ;echo "XXX" ; sleep .05 ; echo "XXX" ;echo "||" ;echo "XXX" ; sleep .05 ; done echo "XXXX") | \ Xdialog --title "SqueezeMe" --no-close --no-buttons \ --backtitle "$BACK_TITLE" \ --infobox "$MESSAGE" 7 0 0 }