$ stty -echo

to hide the user input to be displayed on screen, whatever the user enters
after this command will not be displayed in the screen.


$ stty echo

to make the input characters get displayed on the screen use.

Enjoy the fun. ;)

Ex:

arul@arul-desktop:~$ stty -echo
arul@arul-desktop:~$ access.log.gz  examples.desktop    Mohanavel.pdf
snapsongs       Videos
btsongs        label_dingbats.gif  Music           snapsongs1
Desktop        label.gif           Pictures        su.jpg
Documents      label_webdings.gif  Public          Templates


arul@arul-desktop:~$ stty echo
arul@arul-desktop:~$ ls
access.log.gz  examples.desktop    Mohanavel.pdf   snapsongs       Videos
btsongs        label_dingbats.gif  Music           snapsongs1
Desktop        label.gif           Pictures        su.jpg
Documents      label_webdings.gif  Public          Templates




-- 
Regards,
Tha.Suresh

Cooool Linux Tips & Tricks,
http://gnutips.wordpress.com

My experiences with Linux are here,
http://thasulinux.wordpress.com
_______________________________________________
ILUGC Mailing List:
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Reply via email to