Creating password prompts using Bash

[BatteryCell]

Ok so I was writing a script today that requires a user to enter a password. Now I know about the stty command

stty -echo

that makes the typed letters not show up, but I was wondering if there is a way to make asterisks show up instead??

[ghostdog74]

Ok so I was writing a script today that requires a user to enter a password. Now I know about the stty command

stty -echo

that makes the typed letters not show up, but I was wondering if there is a way to make asterisks show up instead??

found this on the web, but its ksh:

++++++++++++++ START SCRIPT ++++++++++++++
#!/bin/ksh
#Init some stuff...
pass=''
blank='false'

#Main loop executed once for each char typed...
while [ "$blank" != "true" ]
do
stty raw
c=`dd bs=1 count=1 2> /dev/null`
stty -raw

#Check for a CR.
if [ -z `echo $c | tr -d "\015"` ]
then
blank='true'
else
stty echo
echo "*\c"
pass=$pass$c
stty -echo
fi
done
+++++++++++++ END OF SCRIPT ++++++++++++

[BatteryCell]

Thanks a lot, ok I switched some stuff over and got it working in bash, it works for everything but backspaces which is seem to think is a character.
If anyone has any ideas on how to do that.

#!/bin/bash
#Init some stuff...
pass=''
blank='false'

#Main loop executed once for each char typed...
while [ "$blank" != "true" ]
do
stty -icanon -echo
c=`dd bs=1 count=1 2> /dev/null`

#Check for a CR.
if [ -z `echo $c` ]
then
blank='true'
else
stty echo
echo -n "*"
pass=$pass$c
stty -echo
fi
done
stty icanon echo
echo
echo $pass

I think icanon turns off the backspace, but i cant figure out another way to print the asterisk at the same time as typing.

[BatteryCell]

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