[ale] OT Perl Question

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Robert Heaven wrote:
> I need to write a short perl script that will prompt me for a password
> without echoing what I type. Any ideas?
> 

#!/usr/bin/perl

`stty -echo`;
open(STDIN, "<");
print "enter";
read STDIN, $foo, 1;
print $foo;
`stty echo`;


read will only retain a single character above, adjust to your liking. 
There may be a better way then calling the shell 'stty -echo'

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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