What would be the Windows batch equivalent for HTML's input type=“password”?

Question

I need to get authentication credentials from the users within a Windows script but the classic \"first Google result\" approach:

SET /P USR=Username: 
SET /         


        

Answer 1

I wrote an open-source tool called editenv that replaces my older editv32/editv64 utilities:

https://github.com/Bill-Stewart/editenv

It provides the --maskinput (-m) option[*] that lets you hide the typed input. Example:

editenv -m -p "Password: " PWD

This command displays a Password: prompt, and whatever you enter is placed in the PWD environment variable.

Download here:

https://github.com/Bill-Stewart/editenv/releases

[*] Note that the --maskinput (-m) option is not secure -- typed input is placed in plain-text in the environment. This feature is for convenience only.