How do i prevent typed text being seen when running shell scripts?
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Interactive shell scripts may require you to enter sensitive data, to prevent this text being seen when typed, use the
-s
option of theread
command.... ... read -s -p "What is your favourite fruit? " fruit echo ... ...
The result is: When the response is entered the characters are not visible.
$ ./myfruit.sh What is your favourite fruit? $
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