If I pass options to a script or to something similar like this:
some_sql_stuff.sh $username $password $database
The content of the variables can be viewed with top or ps while the
script is running.
If I don't remember completely wrong from the bad old days the text that
was displayed was actually the variablename and not its content.
Or do I have to do some tricks to hide the text that I don't remeber?
I do know that the proper solution would be not to pass the options at
all but some pieces of software insists on having the credentials passed
as strings to stdin.
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