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# 8  
Old 03-31-2010
Thanks all for replies. its working as I needed. But now requirement is slightly changed.

Instead of hidden input I am looking to print * for every word typed as password.

like
Code:
echo -n "Please Enter Password : "
read -p pass

and it looks like when user type password

Code:
Please Enter Password: hEllo

Now I want that when user type hEllo it should show "*****" for typed password.

like


Code:
Please Enter Password: *****

Thanks in advance.
# 9  
Old 03-31-2010
Java
Use this:
Code:
prompt="Enter password: "
sw=0
while [ "$sw" -eq 0 ]
do
        read -p "$prompt" -s -n 1 char
        if [[ $char == $'\0' ]]
        then
                sw=1
        fi

        prompt='*'
        password+="$char"
done
echo
unset sw
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