Why does xdotool type twice ? How can I avoid it?

Question

[Wed Aug 05 20:49:43 deppfx@localhost:~] $xdotool type password

password[Wed Aug 05 20:50:51 deppfx@localhost:~] $password

How can I avoid this ? Can someone please explain this behavior ?

Answer 1

@Wnoise is right!

But if you insist you can do this:

stty -echo && xdotool type password && stty echo

Answer 2

Adding to the answer above, one could add tput el1 before echo such that

xdotool type password; tput el1; echo

This will erase the unnecessary contents, creating a blank line after the previous prompt (which is also unnecessary)

[Wed Aug 05 20:49:43 deppfx@localhost:~]$ xdotool type password; tput el1; echo

[Wed Aug 05 20:49:43 deppfx@localhost:~]$ password