#! /bin/bash TEXTDOMAIN=${0##*/} TEXTDOMAINDIR="$PWD/locale" status=( $"%s Perfect\\n", $"%s almost correct\\n", $"%s could be better\\n", $"%s all wrong\\n" ) name=toto result=$(( $RANDOM % 4 )) printf "${status[$result]}" "$name" read -p $"press the return key" # ou alors, si on fait des boites de dialogue, on peut utiliser ceci : result=$(( $RANDOM % 4 )) dialog --msgbox "$( printf "${status[$result]}" "$name" )" 0 0 result=$(( $RANDOM % 4 )) zenity --info --text="$( printf "${status[$result]}" "$name" )"