Simple question about echo in a bash script

[LotsOfPhil]

I want to suppress the on-screen echo when you type. For example:



#!/bin/bash
echo -n "Tell me your password: "
read pass


Would give:


Tell me your password: WHATEVER-YOU-TYPE


What I want is this:


Tell me your password:

i.e., it's hidden when you are typing.

[LotsOfPhil]

RTFM n00b!

Hehe. Right after I typed this up I figured out the problem was with read, not echo. Thinking back to DOS too much.

Here is what you need, LotsOfPhil:


#!/bin/bash
echo -n "Tell me your password: "
read -s pass


Note the read -s pass