how to read password from keyboard

[Bruno Sousa]

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

 

[James Harrison]

=20

If I want to read a simple string from keyboard:
simple_text =3D gets
=20
What if a password needs to be read from keyboard (commando line)?
How do I mask it with asterisks?

Try thinking of it like this:

every time a key is pressed on the keyboard, you want to:

print "*"

I don't have time right now to mock up an example, but that might get =
you started.=

 

[Guglielmo Fachini]

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

This can help you:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/133719/how-to-read-a-password-in-ruby

 

[Bruno Sousa]

Thanks everyone!
that's exactly what I wanted!

Bruno