@rxu@hortonworks.com You can use this and if you want to prompt for password only then here you go [root@nsfed01 ~]# cat r1.sh #read -p "enter HS2 hostname: " HS2 #read -p "enter username: " username echo "enter password" read -s passwd #read -p "enter filename: " filename beeline -u jdbc:hive2://n3:10000/default -n neeraj -p $passwd -f f.sql [root@nsfed01 ~]# ... View more