This is a task that is best done with the help of Visual Basic
program which the actual CMD script creates. Note that the resultant
password variable is made available to the CMD script since this is
a CMD, not a VBS FAQ.
@echo off & setlocal enableextensions
:: Build a Visual Basic Script
set vbs_=%temp%\tmp$$$.vbs
set skip=
findstr "'%skip%VBS" "%~f0" > "%vbs_%"
::
:: Prompting without linefeed as in Item #15
echo.|set /p="Password: "
:: Run the script with Microsoft Windows Script Host Version 5.6
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('
cscript //nologo "%vbs_%"') do set MyPass1=%%a
::
echo.
echo.|set /p="Retype : "
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%a in ('
cscript //nologo "%vbs_%"') do set MyPass2=%%a
::
:: Clean up
for %%f in ("%vbs_%") do if exist %%f del %%f
::
:: Demonstrate the result
echo.
if "%MyPass1%"=="%MyPass2%" (
echo The entered password was %MyPass1%
) else (
echo No match)
endlocal & goto :EOF
'
'The Visual Basic Script
Set WshPass = WScript.CreateObject("ScriptPW.Password") 'VBS
Password=WshPass.GetPassWord() 'VBS
WScript.Echo PassWord 'VBS
The output would be someting like
C:\_D\TEST>cmdfaq
Password:
Retype :
The entered password was whatever
Assorted NT/2000/XP/.. CMD.EXE Script Tricks
