title: Read password from stdin
body: <p>Scenario: An interactive CLI Python program, that is in need for a password. That means also, there's no GUI solution possible.</p>
  
  <p>In bash I could get a password read in without re-prompting it on screen via</p>
  
  <pre><code>read -s
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there something similar for Python? I.e.,</p>
  
  <pre><code>password = raw_input('Password: ', dont_print_statement_back_to_screen)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Alternative: Replace the typed characters with '*' before sending them back to screen (aka browser' style).</p>