How do i prevent typed text being seen when running shell scripts?

[vaquitasos]

Interactive shell scripts may require you to enter sensitive data, to prevent this text being seen when typed, use the -s option of the read command.

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read -s -p "What is your favourite fruit? " fruit
echo
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The result is: When the response is entered the characters are not visible.

$ ./myfruit.sh
What is your favourite fruit? 
$