#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; our $CD = "$ENV{HOME}/Applications/CocoaDialog.app/Contents/MacOS/CocoaDialog"; my $rv = `$CD standard-inputbox --title "Your Name" --no-newline \\ --informative-text "Enter your name"`; my ($button_rv, $name) = split /\n/, $rv, 2; if ($button_rv == 1) { print "Hello $name\n"; } elsif ($button_rv == 2) { print "No name given\n"; }