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Author Gettting password from Tcl script
liat

2004-03-28, 10:35 pm

Hello,

How can I get a password from the user without display what the
user enter ? (maybe only asterisks)

Thnaks,
Liat
YekSoon

2004-03-28, 10:35 pm

liat wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How can I get a password from the user without display what the
> user enter ? (maybe only asterisks)
>
> Thnaks,
> Liat


is this what you are looking for?

==
entry .e -show *
pack .e
==

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Andreas Schubert

2004-03-28, 10:35 pm


"liat" <liatsh@xor-t.com> wrote in message
news:1d82bb5a.0403280359.6f03f0bd@posting.google.com...
> Hello,
>
> How can I get a password from the user without display what the
> user enter ? (maybe only asterisks)
>
> Thnaks,
> Liat


with tclsh

exec stty -echo
puts -nonewline "Type password: "; flush stdout
gets stdin passwd
exec stty echo; puts ""

in $passwd is the typed password


liat

2004-03-29, 2:33 am

Thank you !!!

Liat
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