Hi, The command is as below: command: from PUTTY console admin@root()>test:add please enter username:e aml
it will prompt with username, if I enter username as "example", it will display "e", sometimes display "aml", there is no certainty to display char from putty console as well reading in the statement (char)session.getKeyboard().read(); org.apache.felix.service.command.CommandSession session = null; Thanks, Ravi -- Sent from: http://karaf.922171.n3.nabble.com/Karaf-Dev-f930721.html