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# 1  
Old 12-23-2003
Masking input in a shell script

How do I prevent user input from being displayed in running script (e.g. when entering a password)?

Thanx,
Aaron
# 2  
Old 12-23-2003
Nevermind, I got itSmilie
PHP Code:
stty -echo
read passwd
stty 
echo 
# 3  
Old 12-29-2003
Just remember the text input can still be captured.

One course I took a loong time ago, in which I learned how to do just that.
 
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