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[Achilles_2]

Hi all,

I am starting to write a script about to create a user. It contains account password and path name. My questions are:

1) If I ask the user to set the password, the output will display on the screen? How to avoid to display? My srcipt is:

printf "Set the password: "
read temp

2) Also when the user enter the path namee likes /home/temp/, but I want to cut character "/" for the output, so that the output likes home/temp? Do anyone have an idea to do it?

Thanks

[RAC_1]

trap 'stty echo; exit' 0 1 2 3 15
printf "Set the password: "
stty -echo
read temp
stty echo

read home
home1=${home#/} --> will give home/temp/

[VEL_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

refer the following script:

#!/usr/sbin/sh

echo "Enter the password"
stty -echo
read str
stty echo
echo "Got the password: $str"

[Achilles_2]

Hi RAC

thanks your help first, now if the user type /home/temp/, and I want the output likes --> home/temp

how do i do?

Thx again

[RAC_1]

echo ${home#/}

Will give you what you want.

[Arunvijai_4]

# echo ${PATH#/}
usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/contrib/bin:

-Arun

[Howard Marshall]

If you are just looking to strip the leading / off the string if its there this is one way among many to do it.

I don't know what your scripting skill level is do don't be afraid to ask what something means or the though process behind it.

#assign the string to a variable
DIR=$1

if [ `echo $DIR | cut -c 1` - \/ ]
then
DIR=`echo $DIR | cut -c 2-`
fi

echo input was $1 and it converted to $DIR

[Arturo Galbiati]

read Home_Directory
print ${Home_Directory#/}

HTH
Art