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[flawless69]

Anyone know of a way to have a user enter a password at the input prompt but for it to not be displayed to the screen?
Stars will work but I'd prefer no character display after the password prompt. --Derek

"Fear not the storm for this is where we grow strong."

 

[badco]

Try this using Unix stty:

[tt]
print "Enter password: ";
system("stty -echo"
chomp($dir = <STDIN>);
system(&quot;stty echo&quot; [/tt]

 

[flawless69]

I imagine NT is out of the question. --Derek

&quot;Fear not the storm for this is where we grow strong.&quot;

 

[NEVERSLEEP]

perl -MTk -e &quot;$mw=MainWindow->new;$mw->Entry(-show=>'*')->pack;MainLoop();&quot; ---------------------------------------

someone knowledge ends where
someone else knowledge starts

 

[goliath]

use Win32::Console;
my $StdIn = new Win32::Console( STD_INPUT_HANDLE );
my $Password = &quot;&quot;;
$StdIn->Mode( ENABLE_PROCESSED_INPUT );
print &quot;Enter password: &quot;;

while( my $Data = $StdIn->InputChar( 1 ) )
{
if( &quot;\r&quot; eq $Data )
{
last;
}
elsif( &quot;\ch&quot; eq $Data )
{
if( &quot;&quot; ne chop( $Password ) )
{
print &quot;\ch \ch&quot;;
}
next;
}
$Password .= $Data;
print &quot;*&quot;;
}
print &quot;\nYour password is: '$Password'\n&quot;;