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[daniel]

Hi,

Is there any way I can turn echo off for the console from Ruby, in a
platform independent manner, or otherwise mask entered characters?

Thanks,

jogloran

 

[Stefan Lang]

Hi,

Is there any way I can turn echo off for the console from Ruby, in a
platform independent manner, or otherwise mask entered characters?

Thanks,

jogloran

Use Highline, it does the job very well. Download it from Rubyforge
or install with rubygems:
% gem install highline