hidden input

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I am writing a script which needs to ask for a password and send it on to an existing program. Now, I don't want to just:

print "what's the password? ";
my $pass = <STDIN>;
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because this will obviously leave the password right there on the screen for anyone walking by to look at. Normally in unix, you just get a prompt to type at that no letters actually appear at when you type. How do I duplicate this behavior in Perl?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: hidden input by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jan 20, 2001 at 07:23 UTC
This is a perlfaq, specifically in perlfaq8: How do I ask the user for a password?.	[reply]
Re: hidden input by I0 (Priest) on Jan 20, 2001 at 03:49 UTC
use Term::ReadPassword;	[reply]
Re: hidden input by myocom (Deacon) on Jan 20, 2001 at 02:49 UTC
Type 'hidden password' in the search box up there in the upper left corner of your screen, and be amazed at all the results.	[reply]
53137 by I0 (Priest) on Jan 20, 2001 at 03:35 UTC
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(     ) by Ovid (Cardinal) on Jan 20, 2001 at 03:57 UTC
Trying to decide if your post was a mistake or cunning humor. Given your reputation for terseness, I'll assume the latter :) Cheers, Ovid Join the Perlmonks Setiathome Group or just click on the the link and check out our stats.	[reply]