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Masking input in a shell script
How do I prevent user input from being displayed in running script (e.g. when entering a password)?

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Nevermind, I got it
PHP Code:
stty -echo
read passwd
stty echo 
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Just remember the text input can still be captured.

One course I took a loong time ago, in which I learned how to do just that.
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