How to hide password

[ronenbenchamo]

Hi All,
I would like to get the passwordf from the user,
I need to hide the password , replace it with '*' or not type user input,
I don't want to use a package such as 'ReadKey' or any other
How can I get the password and hide it?

Thanks,
Ronen

[miller]

Hello Ronen,

Look into the following cpan module:
cpan Term::InKey

Even if you don't want to use a package, you can still download the module and look at it's source to determine a way that you could code it all yourself.

- Miller

[lonewlf]

system('stty','-echo');
chop($password=<STDIN>);
system('stty','echo');

[ketanm]

Hi all,
I also want to hide password.i tried below solution in winxp but i got the error "'stty' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file.".

how could i avoid this error?

Thanks.

[ashtavatar]

hi ketanm,

Maybe more than a bit too late a reply for you, but you can use the Term::ReadKey module for this. Here is how:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Term::ReadKey;

ReadMode = 'noecho';
my $password = <>;