Batch file: Password Stars/Circles

Question

Like you already know, websites have certain special chars for passwords, like stars and circles.

Could this be possible in a batch file, on the following one:?

If this is not possible, if you type it in, could you just see nothing?

set pass=
set /p pass=Enter your password: 
if {%pass%}=={} goto :begin
set authenticated=
for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (pass.txt) do (
    if {%%a}=={%pass%} set authenticated=true
)
if not defined authenticated (echo Invalid password & goto :begin)

But i need to get this in it:

for /f "delims=" %%i in ('cscript /nologo GetPwd.vbs')

HOW!

possible duplicate of [What would be the Windows batch equivalent for HTML's input type="password"?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/286871/what-would-be-the-windows-batch-equivalent-for-htmls-input-typepassword) — Helen, Sep 09 '10 at 18:03
Possible duplicate of [Can I mask an input text in a bat file](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/664957/can-i-mask-an-input-text-in-a-bat-file) — SomethingDark, Apr 29 '16 at 02:16

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 27 '09 at 16:39

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Not directly. You would have to write a password entry programme in something else and then run it from your batch file to capture the password.

answered May 27 '09 at 16:39

ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells

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and... if you type it in, but just see nothing? – Deniz Zoeteman May 27 '09 at 16:48
I don't see how it COULD be possible given the lack of control batch files give you over processing the standard input stream. – Instance Hunter May 27 '09 at 16:49

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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Several ways of accomplishing this are given here: Can I mask an input text in a bat file. Also, maybe someone marks this as a duplicate?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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answered May 27 '09 at 17:02

Kevin

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Bill_Stewart · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-19T17:54:42.503

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another alternative is my EditV32 (x86) or EditV64 (x64) command-line tools. For example:

editv32 -m -p "Password: " PWD

-m means "masked input" and -p is the prompt. The user's input is stored in the PWD environment variable. You can get it here:

http://www.westmesatech.com/editv.html

edited Mar 19 '18 at 17:54

answered May 27 '09 at 18:04

Bill_Stewart

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Thanks, this is a very easy way to do it. – Deniz Zoeteman Oct 19 '09 at 07:26

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 27 '09 at 19:22

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How to create a masked input to a batch file - does that help ? It appears to vary somewhat depending on the platform.

answered May 27 '09 at 19:22

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 31 '09 at 17:56

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Got it done:

Batch file:

@echo off
<nul: set /p passwd=Password: 
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('cscript /nologo GetPwd.vbs') do set passwd=%%i

GetPwd.vbs:

Set oScriptPW = CreateObject("ScriptPW.Password")
strPassword = oScriptPW.GetPassword()
Wscript.StdOut.WriteLine strPassword

answered May 31 '09 at 17:56

Deniz Zoeteman

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This answer is now obsolete. The `ScriptPW.Password` component does not exist past Windows XP. – Bill_Stewart Jul 16 '20 at 16:48

Batch file: Password Stars/Circles

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