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# 1  
Old 07-06-2010
Question Read userid and password
Am reading userid and password.

code:

Code:
pmsg "Enter the userid \n"
read userid
pmsg "Enter password \n"
read password
pmsg "Enter Database name \n"
read database

When user type password, it a clear text. I want something like
******** or just a blank

any suggestion plz...

Thanks...
Gopal
Last edited by pludi; 07-06-2010 at 09:45 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 07-06-2010
hi,

Code:
echo -n "Password: "
stty -echo
read password
stty echo
echo ""         # force a carriage return to be output
echo You entered $password

# 3  
Old 07-06-2010
bash's read has -s (silent mode) option:
Code:
read -sp'Password: ' passwd
echo "You entered $passwd"

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