Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello all
while writing a small script , i got stuck with this simple thing.Hope you guyz can help.

Iam trying to read password

echo"enter password"
read $pwd

now i have to check this
echo"enter password to proceed"
read $pwd

now i have to check both the values of the variable $pwd

if both the values match
echo "verified"
else
echo "wrong password"


Appreciate ur help fellas

--CoolKid

Code:

> cat chk_pwd 
#! /bin/bash

echo "Hello there Mr. Bond."
echo " "
echo "Please enter your passcode"
read input1

echo "Please re-enter your passcode"
read input2
echo " "

if [ $input1 = $input2 ]
   then
      echo "Identity verified, you may proceed"
   else
      echo "Security violation, MI6 has been notified"
fi

That's nice...thanks a ton bud..