How to read from the console without echo the chars

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I was looking here and also in Google without any luck. I hope anyone can advise something.

I need to read from the R console and I need the input not to be echoed or masked as *** or blanks.

The only thing I found is: Is it possible to read from the console with scan without echoing the characters? and I don't know how to do that.

If anyone knows a way to do this will be terrific.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Are you running Windows or Linux? – Tim Biegeleisen Apr 07 '15 at 01:54 — Tim Biegeleisen, Apr 07 '15 at 01:54
@ Tim Windows. Sorry for missing that – notuo Apr 07 '15 at 12:58 — notuo, Apr 07 '15 at 12:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '15 at 02:05

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There does not seem to be a native solution for R running in Windows. However, I found this terrific post which uses the tcltk package. The example generates a separate popup window into which the user can enter a masked password.

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answered Apr 07 '15 at 02:05

Tim Biegeleisen

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Hi Tim. I just tried and worked (even using R-Studio). Thanks for your help. – notuo Apr 07 '15 at 14:36

How to read from the console without echo the chars

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