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RMSe17 07-20-2004 08:38 PM
Masking user input in sh script?
 
Hi, I have a question, I am writing a script that would accept username and password from the user, and do somethign with it.. My problem is that when I do

read username

to read what the user wrote, it also shows on the screen what they are typing. How can I make it so that it would not show on the screen what the user is typing? (or mask it with * or something?)

jschiwal 07-20-2004 09:51 PM
Code:
stty_orig=`stty -g`
stty -echo
read secret
stty $stty_orig
I got this from here:
http://www.tech-recipes.com/modules....ipes&rx_id=278

comp12345 07-20-2004 09:52 PM
You can turn off the echo on the terminal.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
echo -n "login: "
read user
echo -n "Password: "
stty -echo
read pass
stty echo

RMSe17 07-20-2004 10:17 PM
Great, thank you!


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