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

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
You might want to try something more like: `use Term::ReadKey; ReadMode('noecho'); # don't echo print "Type your password:"; chomp(my $password = <STDIN>); ReadMode(0); # back to normal` [download] ...so you only print the password prompt when echo has already been disabled. This makes your program more compatible with things like Expect, which may not wait long enough after the prompt for the echo to be disabled before sending the password. --isotope http://www.skylab.org/~isotope/	[reply] [d/l]

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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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