Hello,
> I am new to python, and have written a simple program to read a port
> via telnet. I would like it to run until any key is pressed. Of
> course I wouldn't mind requiring a specific keystroke in the future,
> but I would think this is simpler for now.
>
> I have used kbhit() and getch() many times in C, but I can't find
> anything similar in Python. I am using Linux also, so the msvcrt
> code isn't an option. I have tried sys.stdin.read(), but that hangs
> UNTIL a key is pressed.
You might want to look at http://docs.python.org/lib/module-curses.html
Another solution is to ask the user to hit CTRL-C
from time import sleep
try:
while 1:
print "BEEP"
sleep(1)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print "BYE BYE"
HTH,
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