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Old 11-24-2008
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Code:
read -s -p "Password: " mypassword

or


Code:
oldmodes=`stty -g` 
stty -echo 
read "Password:" password 
stty $oldmodes


This restores modes to what they were before reading the password, rather
than turning on echoing unconditionally.