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tput portable terminal control : invis

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raylin

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How can I make an input field to be read in a ksh script by the read verb invisible ?
the `tput invis` (Begin invisible text mode) seems not to be appropriate ;-)
 
To turn off echo... stty -echo
To turn echo back on... stty echo

Make sure you put a trap for exits that will run stty echo in case a user break out while echo is turned off.


Jim Hirschauer
 
You could change the interupt to something not likley to be used.

stty -echo intr '$-'
read input
stty echo intr '^C' <- That's a ctrl+C





Mike

"A foolproof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble, then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant."

 
allright
merci beaucoup
thanks
 
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