Hi Brajesh, Thanks for the swift answer, but this is not a solution to the problem I described. The password is revealed using ps -ef | grep XDOLoader when the loader process is running. I want to hide this information after the process has started.

Yes, the shell script contains this command: java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XDOLoader \ DOWNLOAD \ -DB_USERNAME apps \ -DB_PASSWORD ${PASS} \ -LOB_TYPE DATA_TEMPLATE \ -APPS_SHORT_NAME ${APP} \ -LOB_CODE "${PROG}" \ -LCT_FILE $XDO_TOP/patch/115/import/xdotmpl.lct \ -LOG_FILE ${PROG// /_}_rt_template.log \ -JDBC_CONNECTION…

Hi Brajesh, I appreciate your help, but the issue is not typing the password in. Please check my previous post again. We read the password into the script using the following commands: echo -n "Enter the password: " read -s PASS Whatever password we type secretly into PASS, it is displayed when using the ps -ef command....

Thanks for the tip. I'll try again on the other forums.