How to hide password entry using stty

This scripts allow the user to type the password without it be shown in the screen.

Copy and past the content bellow  in a .sh file

#!/bin/bash 

echo -n "Password: "
stty -echo
read PASSWD
stty echo
echo -e "\nYour password is:" $PASSWD

Running the shell script

# ./hiddenpasswd.sh
Password:
Your password is: t$prod123%f

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