Bug#651446: dash builtin read has no -s option for silent

2011-12-18 Thread Jilles Tjoelker
> [dash's read does not have -s to turn off echo] You can turn off echoing using a sequence like settings=$(stty -g) stty -echo IFS= read -r password stty "$settings" Some additional code is required to restore the terminal settings even if SIGINT, SIGQUIT, SIGTERM or similar happens. -- Jille

Bug#651446: dash builtin read has no -s option for silent

2011-12-08 Thread Jonathan Nieder
tags 651446 + upstream wontfix quit Hi, Glenn Haecker wrote: > POSIX compliant or not, it would be nice to have an -s (silent) option fro the > builtin read command. It's quite useful for inputing a password. Thanks, sounds useful indeed. dash is meant to be as small and fast as possible give

Bug#651446: dash builtin read has no -s option for silent

2011-12-08 Thread Glenn Haecker
Package: dash Version: 0.5.7-2 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, POSIX compliant or not, it would be nice to have an -s (silent) option fro the builtin read command. It's quite useful for inputing a password. Thanks for considering it. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid AP