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.

entering text w/o echoing

2005-02-09 Thread Joe Mecklin
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. since this is a gmail account,