Re: RE: entering text w/o echoing

2005-02-10 Thread Joe Mecklin
true, Inkey may be a bit easier, but the code below does not echo at all, giving absolutely no indication of the password's length. for me this is an additional benefit i find worth the minor extra effort. thanks to both of you for your suggestions, they are greatly appreciated. use Term::Read

Re: RE: entering text w/o echoing

2005-02-10 Thread Xiaofang Zhou
Any Term::InKey is more easy to use. use Term::InKey; $password = ReadPassword; # echo with '' 在 2005-02-09 11:29:00 您写道: >Joe Mecklin wrote: >> i need the ability to accept keyboard input without echoing it back to >> the screen (passwords, etc.) and have not yet found anything that w

Re: entering text w/o echoing

2005-02-09 Thread Joe Mecklin
bless you, my child *g* On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 11:29:00 -0500, Bob Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joe Mecklin wrote: > > i need the ability to accept keyboard input without echoing it back to > > the screen (passwords, etc.) and have not yet found anything that will > > accomplish that. is t

RE: entering text w/o echoing

2005-02-09 Thread Bob Showalter
Joe Mecklin wrote: > i need the ability to accept keyboard input without echoing it back to > the screen (passwords, etc.) and have not yet found anything that will > accomplish that. is there something in Perl that will do that, do i > need a module, ...? > > thanks in advance for any/all help.