PissedOffAdmins

i was writing a script and needed to hide input for a password.

here is the snippet:

echo -n "please enter password and press [enter]: "
STTY_ORIG=`stty -g`
stty -icanon -echo
KEY=$(dd bs=1 count=1 2>/dev/null)
while [ x$KEY != x$(echo) ]; do
  PASSWORD=$PASSWORD$KEY
  echo -n \*
  KEY=$(dd bs=1 count=1 2>/dev/null)
done
echo
stty $STTY_ORIG

# test password to make sure it works
echo $PASSWORD

there is almost definitely an easier way of doing this but this was done quick.