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You're writing a Bash script that needs to prompt the user for a password and store it securely. Which command allows you to read user input without displaying it on the terminal?1.0 Markspassword=get_passwordpassword=$(getpass)read -p "Enter Password: " passwordpassword=read -spassword=passwd

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You're writing a Bash script that needs to prompt the user for a password and store it securely. Which command allows you to read user input without displaying it on the terminal?1.0 Markspassword=get_passwordpassword=$(getpass)read -p "Enter Password: " passwordpassword=read -spassword=passwd

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The command that allows you to read user input without displaying it on the terminal in a Bash script is:

read -s -p "Enter Password: " password

Here's how it works:

  • read is a Bash built-in command that reads a line from the standard input (or from the file descriptor) and splits it into words. These words can then be stored as the values of variables.

  • -s is an option that causes read to not echo input coming from a terminal. This means that the input the user types is not displayed on the terminal, which is what you want when prompting for a password.

  • -p allows you to specify a prompt to be displayed before the input.

  • "Enter Password: " is the prompt that will be displayed to the user.

  • password is the variable where the input will be stored.

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