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Ok not so easy then. I’ll work around it.

You could use gum input --password via https://github.com/lispyclouds/bblgum

if the program prompts for a password, then have the program inherit stdin should using the program's masking mechanism

This normally works too: https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1632 but was broken in a recent GraalVM version that bb started using

It's fixed now so when I will upgrade to the next GraalVM version, it will work again. I'll do so before the next release. For now you can use an older release, perhaps

@U04V15CAJ, Thanks for your reply. I have upgraded Babashka from version 1.3.186 to version 1.3.188. When trying to (.readPassword (System/console)) (and also when trying to run the script in the aforementioned issue 1632), I get the error:

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: jdk.internal.io.JdkConsoleImpl.echo(Z)Z [symbol: Java_jdk_internal_io_JdkConsoleImpl_echo or Java_jdk_internal_io_JdkConsoleImpl_echo__Z] [at <repl>:31:1]

I've pushed a branch now with the GraalVM upgrade, you can download a test build later, I'll post a link

I can confirm locally that 21.0.2 fixes it: $ ./bb -e '(.readPassword (System/console))'

which OS are you on?

My OS is Linux Debian 11 ("Debian Bullseye"). I also have Java 17 (`java-17-openjdk-amd64` to be precise).

Java version doesn't matter. Please try this version, it should work: https://38182-201467090-gh.circle-artifacts.com/0/release/babashka-1.3.189-SNAPSHOT-linux-amd64-static.tar.gz

When trying to download it, my browser tells me that the site cannot be reached ("Check if there is a typo in http://38182-201467090-gh.circle-artifacts.com"). I also tried curl -o -L (like in the babashka-install script), and it too complained about the unreachable hostname.

hm indeed

this should be the correct link: https://output.circle-artifacts.com/output/job/ff1e6b50-6dd5-471d-959e-2b380661e5c9/artifacts/0/release/babashka-1.3.189-SNAPSHOT-linux-amd64-static.tar.gz

The next hurdle is that with babashka-1.3.189-SNAPSHOT, str does not know how to deal with the returned password data:

user=> (.readPassword (System/console))
;; (I enter 'a'. I see a single asterisk. Then I hit ENTER)
#object["[C" 0x22355512 "[C@22355512"]

It's a byte array, you can convert it to string with (String. the-bye-array "utf-8")

user==> (String. (.readPassword (System/console)) "utf-8")
;; (I entered 'a' followed by ENTER and saw a single asterisk)
No matching ctor found for class java.lang.String

probably my bad, try this:

'(String. (.readPassword (System/console)))'

it's a char array, not a byte array

(String. (.readPassword (System/console)))
;; (I entered text followed by ENTER. I saw asterisks. Guess which text :-)
"By golly, it works!"

@U04V15CAJ, Thanks for fixing the problem and for helping me make use of the fix. Approximately how long until the fix is officially released as a new Babashka version? (not urgent for me, just to satisfy my curiosity)

usually 1 release a month, so probably two weeks or so