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IdlePhysicist/wait-for-input.py

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A simple python script for *NIX to wait for terminal input.
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wait-for-input.py
def getch():
import sys, tty, termios
fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
old = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
try:
tty.setraw(fd)
return sys.stdin.read(1)
finally:
termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old)
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