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Old 04-28-2009
To append \ in the input password

Hi
I have the following issue
i am going to ask from the user the password
The password can have $ anywhere that is first last or in between but i have to append \ before the $ sign in the password can anyone please help

For example
o/p in the console will be like the following

Please Enter the password
Su$esh

Internally i should make it Su\$esh
How to achieve this. Can anyone please help

Thanks in advance
Suresh
 

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SYSTEMD-ASK-PASSWORD-CONSOLE.SERVICE(8) 	       systemd-ask-password-console.service		   SYSTEMD-ASK-PASSWORD-CONSOLE.SERVICE(8)

NAME
systemd-ask-password-console.service, systemd-ask-password-console.path, systemd-ask-password-wall.service, systemd-ask-password-wall.path - Query the user for system passwords on the console and via wall SYNOPSIS
systemd-ask-password-console.service systemd-ask-password-console.path systemd-ask-password-wall.service systemd-ask-password-wall.path DESCRIPTION
systemd-ask-password-console.service is a system service that queries the user for system passwords (such as hard disk encryption keys and SSL certificate passphrases) on the console. It is intended to be used during boot to ensure proper handling of passwords necessary for boot. systemd-ask-password-wall.service is a system service that informs all logged in users for system passwords via wall(1). It is intended to be used after boot to ensure that users are properly notified. See the developer documentation[1] for more information about the system password logic. Note that these services invoke systemd-tty-ask-password-agent(1) with either the --watch --console or --watch --wall command line parameters. SEE ALSO
systemd(1), systemd-tty-ask-password-agent(1), wall(1) NOTES
1. developer documentation http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents systemd 208 SYSTEMD-ASK-PASSWORD-CONSOLE.SERVICE(8)
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