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instance method

IO#noecho

io.noecho {|io| }

Yields self with disabling echo back.

Example
STDIN.noecho(&:gets)

will read and return a line without echo back.

You must require ‘io/console’ to use this method.

See also #lineno= #nonblock #lineno #nonblock= also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0