#!/bin/bash
#
# noecho - demonstrates turning off echo
#

# Turn off echo
stty -echo 

# Prompt user to enter password
echo -n "Enter a make believe password: "

# Read into variable named PASS
read PASS

# Turn echo back on
stty echo

# The -e means interpret \n as newline instead of as a literal '\n' 
echo -e "\n" 

echo "The value you entered was $PASS"
echo "It was not echoed to the terminal as you typed it"
echo " "