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Created December 18, 2017 15:54
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Hidden bash password prompt
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hidden-prompt.sh
# from: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/165494
echo -n "passwd: "; stty -echo; read passwd; stty echo; echo
some-program -p "$passwd"
passwd= # cleanup
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