topic Re: Stop keyboard input echoing to the screen in Operating System - HP-UX

Stop keyboard input echoing to the screen

Richard J Harper — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:26:24 GMT

I have a script that asks for the root password via a 'read' command, how do I stop this echoing to the screen?

Re: Stop keyboard input echoing to the screen

johnsonpk — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:36:58 GMT

Hello

Try somthing below

#!/usr/bin/sh
echo "Enter your password \c "
stty -echo
read password
stty echo
echo "you have entered the password "

Rgds
Johnson

Re: Stop keyboard input echoing to the screen

F Verschuren — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:40:57 GMT

there are manny options (depening on the script) the easy way is to redirect the screen output after the command that is reading te passwd please post your script to be more specific
>> /dev/null 2>&1

Re: Stop keyboard input echoing to the screen

Richard J Harper — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:35:21 GMT

Thanks johnsonpk, that did the trick..