[erlang-questions] Getting a password from escript / I/O server introduction

[Joe Armstrong]

The undocumented io:get_password() might  do what you want.

try:

> X = io:get_password().

Sees to work - I've no idea why it's not documented.

/Joe

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Alex Shneyderman
<a.shneyderman@REDACTED>wrote:

> > (On a related note, it seems that it's impossible to get user input
> > without echoing anything to the screen.)
>
> I use io:get_line("") for echo-less prompt.
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