Hide password

[walter4991]

how do I hide the password under asterisks?
I have this code:

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set /p "pass=>"
if NOT %pass%==123456 goto FAIL

but as I write this password is visible .... How do I hide?

Thanks, Walter4991

[!k]

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set "hash="
set /p "pass=>"
for /f %%a in ('echo.^|md5.exe -d%pass% 2^>nul') do set "hash=%%a"
if NOT "%hash%"=="E10ADC3949BA59ABBE56E057F20F883E" goto FAIL

md5.exe
Note: md5-hashing isn't absolute protection

[aGerman]

Password requests in a batch file are senseless and there is nothing you could do to change this fact. Thats why hiding the input behind asterisks is not provided.
If you're kinda bored, you can play around:
http://www.dostips.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1562

Regards
aGerman

[arjun2988]

Hey guys thnx for d help, Finally got one to work

Here's the code

@echo off
echo hP1X500P[PZBBBfh#b##fXf-V@`$fPf]f3/f1/5++u5>hide.com

:retry
set /p userid=Enter UserId:
set /p password=Enter password: <nul
for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('hide.com') do set password=%%i
:next
echo "Your Password is %password%"
echo. & echo You are logged in!