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Whiptail Command: Display Password Input Box Whiptail
Use for display password input box whiptail with Whiptail. Exact CLI syntax to display password input box whiptail using Whiptail.
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Command Syntax
<result_variable_name>="$(whiptail --title "<title>" --passwordbox "<message>" <height_in_chars> <width_in_chars> 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)"<result_variable_name>="$(whiptail --title "<title>" --passwordbox "<message>" <height_in_chars> <width_in_chars> 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)"Live Command Builder
Final Command
<result_variable_name>="$(whiptail --title "<title>" --passwordbox "<message>" <height_in_chars> <width_in_chars> 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3)" Command Breakdown
--title- Command Option
- Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
--passwordbox- Command Option
- Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
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