How to take 'password' like input in C++ from terminal?

Asked Nov 23 '17 at 12:42

Active Nov 23 '17 at 12:56

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When the user types password on a terminal, it should not be displayed (or something like ******* should be displayed). How do I achieve this?

In bash passwords can be inputed in this way-

#!/bin/bash
# Read Password
echo -n Password: 
read -s password

Is it possible to do in c++?

I am on Linux, want to know Linux and windows solution both.

edited Nov 23 '17 at 12:56

asked Nov 23 '17 at 12:42

Arafat Hasan

In C++ you can't. There's no way to do it in standard C++. You have to use operating-system dependent functions or libraries, and since you haven't told us what OS you're targeting we can't help you further. – Some programmer dude Nov 23 '17 at 12:46
I am on Linux, want to know Linux and windows solution both. – Arafat Hasan Nov 23 '17 at 12:57
On linux, start with "man stty, termios, tcstattr"... – Jean-Baptiste Yunès Nov 23 '17 at 13:28

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