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(elisp)Reading a Password

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Reading a Password
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   To read a password to pass to another program, you can use the
function `read-passwd'.

 - Function: read-passwd prompt &optional confirm default
     This function reads a password, prompting with PROMPT.  It does
     not echo the password as the user types it; instead, it echoes `.'
     for each character in the password.

     The optional argument CONFIRM, if non-`nil', says to read the
     password twice and insist it must be the same both times.  If it
     isn't the same, the user has to type it over and over until the
     last two times match.

     The optional argument DEFAULT specifies the default password to
     return if the user enters empty input.  If DEFAULT is `nil', then
     `read-passwd' returns the null string in that case.