Reading <STDIN> w/out eching to screen

[charlesy]

I need to read a line of input from &lt;STDIN&gt;<br>without outputting to screen. ie<br>like a su command.<br>

 

[MikeLacey]

try<br><FONT FACE=monospace><b><br>system('stty -echo');<br>$response = &lt;STDIN&gt;;<br>system('stty echo');<br>print $response;<br></font></b><br>presuming you're on a unix system....<br> <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

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[vcherubini]

This is an easy problem to fix. Try this, if you are on a Win32 system.<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>print &quot;enter some information\n&quot;;<br>$info = &lt;STDIN&gt;;<br>chomp($info);<br><br></font> <br><br>That should do it. Say you enter &quot;some information&quot; into the program, then the variable $info will have the value &quot;some information&quot; and you can decide what to do with it.<br><br>

 

[Loon]

Vikter,<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;does that stop the &quot;some information&quot; from being echoed on the command line as you type it though? Which I think was charlsey's aim.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is there a way of doing this on windows?<br><br>Loon

 

[MikeLacey]

Sorry - I'm a Unix chap myself... <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

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[Loon]

Me too! Shame window doesn't use tty's <br><br>Loon