<s>[INST] Read password from stdin Scenario: An interactive CLI Python program, that is in need for a password. That means also, there's no GUI solution possible.
In bash I could get a password read in without re-prompting it on screen via
read -s

Is there something similar for Python? I.e.,
password = raw_input('Password: ', dont_print_statement_back_to_screen)

Alternative: Replace the typed characters with '*' before sending them back to screen (aka browser' style).
 [/INST] >>> import getpass
>>> pw = getpass.getpass()

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