Password prompt with mask

[Robert Dailey]

Hi,

I'm looking for something simple that I can use to obtain passwords from the
user. Something like input(), but with an option to set the mask character.
So if I set it to "*", then all the user will see is: ****** as they type
their password. I know about getpass.getpass(), but I want something that
echos. Is this possible? Could I write my own if one does not exist?
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