$ OUT=$(smenu -x cur 5 -- t0002.in)

[    0s before selecting the current highlighted word]
0:01 1:01 2:01 3:01 4:01 5:01 6:01 7:01 8:01 9:01 10:01 11:01 12:01 13:01 14:01 15:01 16:01 17:01 18:01 19:01 20:01 21:01 22:01 23:01 24:01 25:01 26:01 27:01 28:01 29:01 30:01 31:01 32:01 33:01 34:01 35:01 36:01 37:01 38:01 39:01 40:01 41:01 42:01 43:01 44:01 45:01 46:01 47:01 48:01 49:01 50:01 51:01 52:01 53:01 
a b c 
0:07 
$ 

$ echo ":$OUT:"

:a:

$ exit 0