Silent input with read -s (passwords) in Bash Scripting - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to read a password silently using read.

Bash Scripting

read -s [1] -p "Enter password: "

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-p

B-n

C-r

D-s

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -p instead of -s will show the input.

Using -r or -n does not hide input.

The -s option makes read silent, so the input is not shown on the screen.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to store the silent input into the variable 'password'.

Bash Scripting

read -s -p "Enter password: " [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Ainput

Bpassword

Cpass

Dsecret

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a variable name not matching the prompt.

Leaving the variable name blank.

The variable name after read stores the input; here it should be 'password'.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly read a silent password input.

Bash Scripting

read -s -p "Enter password: " [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-s

B-r

C-n

D-e

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting to add -s causes input to be visible.

Using options that do not hide input.

Adding -s makes the input silent; without it, input is visible.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to read a silent password and then print a confirmation message.

Bash Scripting

read [1] -s -p "Password: " [2]
echo "Password received."

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-s

B-p

Cpassword

Dinput

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up options and variable names.

Not using -s for silent input.

Use -s to hide input and store it in variable 'password'.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to read a silent password, confirm input, and print a success message.

Bash Scripting

read [1] -s -p "Enter password: " [2]
echo
read [3] -s -p "Confirm password: " confirm

echo
if [[ $[2] == $confirm ]]; then
  echo "Passwords match."
else
  echo "Passwords do not match."
fi

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-s

Bpassword

Dpass

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using -s in both read commands.

Using different variable names inconsistently.

Use -s for silent input, store first input in 'password', second silent input with -s again.