Method: IO#getpass

Defined in:
console/console.c

#getpass(prompt = nil) ⇒ String

Reads and returns a line without echo back. Prints prompt unless it is nil.

The newline character that terminates the read line is removed from the returned string, see String#chomp!.

You must require ‘io/console’ to use this method.

require 'io/console'
IO::console.getpass("Enter password:")
Enter password:
# => "mypassword"

Returns:

  • (String) 


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# File 'console/console.c', line 1794

static VALUE
console_getpass(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE io)
{
    VALUE str, wio;

    rb_check_arity(argc, 0, 1);
    wio = rb_io_get_write_io(io);
    if (wio == io && io == rb_stdin) wio = rb_stderr;
    prompt(argc, argv, wio);
    rb_io_flush(wio);
    str = rb_ensure(getpass_call, io, puts_call, wio);
    return str_chomp(str);
}