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#!/usr/local/bin/perl<br />
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system &quot;stty -echo&quot;;<br />
print &quot;Enter :&quot;;<br />
chomp($in=&lt;STDIN&gt;);<br />
system &quot;stty echo&quot;;<br />
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This solution is provided in the Programming PERL book
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#!/usr/local/bin/perl

system "stty -echo";
print "Enter :";
chomp($in=<STDIN>);
system "stty echo";

This solution is provided in the Programming PERL book

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I want to prompt the user for input<br />
and assign the user input to a scalar<br />
variable but I don't want the user input<br />
to be displayed as it is being typed.<br />
How do I accomplish this ? Thanks.
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I want to prompt the user for input
and assign the user input to a scalar
variable but I don't want the user input
to be displayed as it is being typed.
How do I accomplish this ? Thanks.

Don't want to see user input

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