Re: How do I make password prompts not echo back the user?


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Re: How do I make password prompts not echo back the user?

by Shendal (Hermit)

on Sep 20, 2000 at 21:47 UTC ( [id://33362]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Use Term::Readkey. It is more portable than the unix-only solution of stty. Here's a quick example (untested):

use Term::ReadKey;
print "Type your password:";
ReadMode('noecho'); # don't echo
chomp(my $password = <STDIN>);
ReadMode(0);        # back to normal
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Shendal

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Re: Answer: How do I make password prompts not echo back the user?
by isotope (Deacon) on Mar 02, 2001 at 22:08 UTC

use Term::ReadKey;
ReadMode('noecho'); # don't echo
print "Type your password:";
chomp(my $password = <STDIN>);
ReadMode(0);        # back to normal
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