Alan Neese asks: > I want to ask the user to enter a password in a command file. > > Is there any way to NOT to have the password display when the user > types the password? :set echo=off :input pwd,"Enter password: " :set echo=on This presupposes that echo was on to begin with. (Note that turning echo off is MUCH more typing than the "escape-semicolon" of yore, and can be especially painful if you're trying to turn it back on.) --Glenn Cole Software al dente, Inc. [log in to unmask] ....................................................................... Item Subject: cc:Mail Text