PowerShell: Disable echo in Read-Host

Question

Consider the following example:

Read-Host "Enter a value"

While this works fine, every time the user hits enter after entering a value, the same value is echoed on the next line. This is driving me nuts. There must be a way of remove this stupid echo?

Why are you reading a value but not doing anything with it? – Bill_Stewart Dec 26 '16 at 20:48 — Bill_Stewart, Dec 26 '16 at 20:48

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '16 at 19:36

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Pass the entered value into a variable

$value = Read-Host "Enter a value"

unless I pass the variable back out to host like in the following example

$value = Read-Host "Enter a value"
$value

it won't be echoed.

answered Dec 23 '16 at 19:36

Nkosi

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Thanks! This was driving me nuts! – pmdci Dec 24 '16 at 10:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '22 at 23:14

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In PowerShell Core, you need to use -MaskInput as in:

$pwd_string = Read-Host "Enter a Password" -MaskInput

Read-Host reference

answered Sep 24 '22 at 23:14

Frank Monroe

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