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+.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>