Using INPUT/PROMPT (unibasic on Unidata)

What syntax do I need to prompt the user - who runs a program from the terminal - for input, but I don't want it to echo back to the terminal?

What syntax do I need to prompt the user - who runs a program from the terminal - for input, but I don't want it to echo back to the terminal?

Shawn,

I agree, and I can see why you would expect to see ECHO listed as a related command, since the documentation for ECHO states:

"If ECHO ON is specified, subsequent input characters are displayed, or echoed, on the screen. If ECHO OFF is specified, subsequent input characters are assigned to the INPUT statement variables but are not displayed on the screen."

Note that another way do suppress output is the hush command, but the doc does not specifically call out its use with the INPUT statement.

From the UniVerse Documentation:

"Use the HUSH statement to suppress the display of all output normally sent to a terminal during processing. HUSH also suppresses output to a COMO file or TANDEM display."