QEDSTOREDPWD and QEDPROMPTEDPWD Variables
When the Qedit for Windows client establishes a new connection, it transmits information about the passwords included in the request. Qedit updates two variables with the information: QEDSTOREDPWD and QEDPROMPTEDPWD. The first variable indicates which passwords are stored with the connection. The second variable indicates which passwords are prompted for.
Values for these variables only have one character: the letter U representing the user password. Since there is only one password, the letter can only appear in one. The other variable in this case is not created at all. For example, if the password is stored with the connection, QEDSTOREPWD will have a value of U and QEDPROMPTEDPWD will not exist at all.
This gives you the ability to reference these variables from within a shell script.