How to have password echoed as asterisks

Question

I am trying to figure out how to prompt for a password, and have the users input echoed back as asterisks (********)

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Answer 1

I think this way is very simple and effective

import sys
import msvcrt

passwor = ''
while True:
    x = msvcrt.getch()
    if x == '\r':
        break
    sys.stdout.write('*')
    passwor +=x

print '\n'+passwor

Answer 2

You should be able to erase an asterisk by writing the characters \x08 \x08. The \x08 will move the cursor back one position, the space will overwrite the asterisk, then the last \x08 will move the cursor back again, putting it in the correct position to write the next *.

I don't know off the top of my head how to determine when a backspace is typed, but you can do that easily: just add something like print repr(x) after you've called x = msvcrt.getch(), then start your program and hit backspace.