FAQ 8.9 How do I ask the user for a password?

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8.9: How do I ask the user for a password?

(This question has nothing to do with the web. See a different FAQ for
that.)

There's an example of this in "crypt" in perlfunc). First, you put the
terminal into "no echo" mode, then just read the password normally. You
may do this with an old-style "ioctl()" function, POSIX terminal control
(see POSIX or its documentation the Camel Book), or a call to the stty
program, with varying degrees of portability.

You can also do this for most systems using the "Term::ReadKey" module
from CPAN, which is easier to use and in theory more portable.

use Term::ReadKey;

ReadMode('noecho');
$password = ReadLine(0);



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