.TH getpass 1 "1 April 2008"
.SH NAME
getpass \- read a secret string from the user
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B getpass
.RI [ prompt ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B getpass
program reads a message from the user without echoing it to the terminal,
and writes the message to standard output.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR getpass (3).
.SH AUTHOR
Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>