Dear all
i want to write one unix shell script ,in that script i need to accept
passwrod from command prompt , but i want to diplay *** while accepting password .


regards

I don't know how to do it, but actually you can use a command which makes the password invisible.

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echo "Insert your Password: "
stty -echo
read MY_PASSWORD
echo ""
stty echo
echo "The password you entered is $MY_PASSWORD"
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the output of this script is:

Insert your Password:
The password you entered is lsdkjfsfh
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In case you knew all this, just forget it.

bye,
ducasio

Thank u for u r reply.
At present i am using this method only,
pl tell me how to display instead hiding i want to display some special character.
For examples
Enter password: abcd
Instead of abcd i want to display ******** .
For each character i want to display 2 special characters.



regards