input without echo back / passwords

[Michael Hudson]

doyen at mediaone.net writes:

> I thought I'd seen this posted before, but how do I prompt for a
> password without
> showing what is entered on the screen. I'm currently using Windows, but
> would like a cross-platform solution if that is possible.

>>> import getpass
>>> getpass.getpass("enter junk> ")
enter junk> 
'fsdfsdfse'

Works on unix; docs say it works on Mac & Windows too.

Have a nice day!

M.

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