From: "Joseph E. Savard" <joseph.savard@...>
Date: 2010-07-30T06:34:37+09:00
Subject: Re: how to read password from keyboard


 
c.echo=false; not needed... Only needs the c.echo='*'
 > 
> require 'rubygems'
> require 'highline/import'
> 
> pwd = ask("Enter your password:  " ) {|c| c.echo=false;   c.echo='*';}
> 
> puts "the password=#{pwd}"
> 
> 
>> From: Bruno Sousa <brgsousa@gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
>> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
>> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:31:21 +0900
>> To: ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
>> Subject: how to read password from keyboard
>> 
>> Hi everyone!
>> 
>> If I want to read a simple string from keyboard:
>> simple_text = gets
>> 
>> What if a password needs to be read from keyboard (commando line)?
>> How do I mask it with asterisks?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Bruno
>> -- 
>> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>> 
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