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tput portable terminal control : invis
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To turn off echo... stty -echo
To turn echo back on... stty echo
Make sure you put a trap for exits that will run stty echo in case a user break out while echo is turned off.
Jim Hirschauer
To turn echo back on... stty echo
Make sure you put a trap for exits that will run stty echo in case a user break out while echo is turned off.
Jim Hirschauer
You could change the interupt to something not likley to be used.
stty -echo intr '$-'
read input
stty echo intr '^C' <- That's a ctrl+C
Mike
"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."
stty -echo intr '$-'
read input
stty echo intr '^C' <- That's a ctrl+C
Mike
"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."
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