I would like to get a username / password combination with Term::ReadLine in a way that echos the username as it is typed but obscures the password.

With 

  my $term = new Term::ReadLine;
  print $term->ReadLine;

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I can tell that my Term::ReadLine is using Term::ReadLine::Perl, which is, ahem, lacking in documentation. I can see from this example that 
  $attribs = $term->Attribs;
  $attribs->{redisplay_function} = $attribs->{shadow_redisplay};
  $password = $term->readline("Password: ");
  $term->remove_history($term->where_history);

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would do the trick if I was using a Term::ReadLine::* that supported the shadow_redisplay attribute. But alas, Term::ReadLine::Perl does not: 
  starky@freak bin $ ./readline-password-test.pl 
  Term::ReadLine uses [Term::ReadLine::Perl]
  Username:  uname
  Password:  passwd
  The username is [uname] and the password is [passwd]
  starky@freak bin $

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Suggestions?

In reply to Reading a password with Term::ReadLine by Starky

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