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Originally Posted by jim mcnamara

In C, call the getpass() function - unistd.h
Otherwise for a shell script use stty -echo (turn off echo) stty echo (turn on echo)

thanks stty -echo worked well.

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mysql_import_combined_log.pl(1) 			      General Commands Manual				   mysql_import_combined_log.pl(1)

NAME

       mysql_import_combined_log.pl - Imports an Apache combined log into a MySQL database.

SYNOPSIS

       mysql_import_combined_log.pl -d <database name> -t <table name> [-h <host name>] [-u <user name>] [-p <password>] [-f <filename>]

OPTIONS

       --host|-h <host name>

	      The host to connect to. Default is localhost.

       --database|-d <database name>

	      The database to use. Required.

       --username|-u <username>

	      The user to connect as.

       --password|-p <password>

	      The user's password.

       --table|-t <table name>

	      The name of the table in which to insert data.

       --logfile|-f <file name>

	      The file to read from. If not given, data is read from stdin.

       --help|-?

	      Print out this help message.

       --version

	      Print out the version of this software.

AUTHOR

       Aaron Jenson

       Updated to work under Perl 5.6.1 by Edward Rudd

MAN PAGE CREATED BY

       Michael A. Toth <lirul.lists@gmail.com> - based on content of script

COMMENTS

       This man page was written using xml2man (1) by the same author.

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