So my issue is Term::ReadKey is broken for me. When I use something like the attached code I see nothing until I hit enter. I have tried all the different options the module allows to no avail. The sample code is just that, a sample of code that doesn't work, I have simplified the code down to its bare essentials and tried that to no avail. Any ideas? Perhaps its my terminal? 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Term::ReadKey;

my $key = 0;
my $password = "";

print "\nPlease input your password: ";

# Start reading the keys
ReadMode(4); #Disable the control keys
while(ord($key = ReadKey(0)) != 10)
# This will continue until the Enter key is pressed (decimal value of 
+10)
{
    # For all value of ord($key) see http://www.asciitable.com/
    if(ord($key) == 127 || ord($key) == 8) {
        chop($password);
        #2 move the cursor back by one, print a blank character, move 
+the cursor back by one
        print "\b \b";
    } elsif(ord($key) < 32) {
        # Do nothing with these control characters
    } else {
        $password = $password.$key;
        print "*(".ord($key).")";
    }
}
ReadMode(0); #Reset the terminal once we are done
print "\n\nYour super secret password is: $password\n";

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In reply to Problems with Term::ReadKey by uberdisco

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