From: Maguire, James (James.Maguire@OGS.STATE.NY.US)
Date: Thu Nov 20 2003 - 10:02:32 EST
Shawn,
echo "Enter password: "\\c
stty -echo
read password
stty echo
will turn off the echo
-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Bierman [mailto:BiermanS@METHODISTHEALTH.ORG]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:42 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: suppress echo in script for password
is it possible to turn off the echo while someone enters their password into
a ksh script?
ie.
?-snip---
echo "enter password: \c"
read password
?-snip---
also is it possible to echo asterisks instead of the chars?
-shawn
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