Bug 211128

Summary:	sh(1)'s read built-in should support -s option ("silent mode")
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Enji Cooper <ngie>
Component:	bin	Assignee:	freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status:	New ---
Severity:	Affects Some People
Priority:	---
Version:	11.0-STABLE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Enji Cooper freebsd_committer

2016-07-14 21:19:26 UTC

Both sh and zsh support "silent mode", which basically doesn't output echoed characters. This is really helpful for reading in data like passwords.

Comment 1 Enji Cooper freebsd_committer

2016-07-14 21:36:47 UTC

(In reply to Ngie Cooper from comment #0)

stty -echo
read -p "my prompt" var
stty echo 

works too although. Hmm.