hiding input

[pzoli]

Can I get a variable with no echo, or echo password char(*)
in awk?

Thanks :

Zoltán Patalenszki

 

[vgersh99]

pls elaborate on what exactly you're looking for.
an example of two could help.

vlad
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| #include<disclaimer.h> |
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[pzoli]

I want to invoke sqlplus from awk and I have to get database and password in the awk script.


BEGIN {
printf &quot;database:&quot;
getline database
#So I want to read a password (hiding input)
printf &quot;password:&quot;
getline password
}

 

[vgersh99]

might be easier done in a shell wrapper and passing it [variable/password] to an script with '-v'.

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[pzoli]

I want to run the same script on Windows,VMS,Unix,Linux.
sqlplus error handling is a little poor, So i have to write
it in scripting language.
I started to learn Awk, becouse it on each platform.

Can i do it in awk?
Can you offer me another scripting language.

Thanks.

 

[vgersh99]

pzoli,
sorry, I cannot think of a generic OS-independent way of doing what you want. Others may have some tricks up their sleeves.

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+