IL_2_ds_console.py

import socket
import select
import sys

from threading import Thread

sock = socket.socket( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM )
sock.connect( ('192.168.1.36', 20001) )

def client_runner():
    while True:
        try:
            rlist, wlist, elist = select.select([sock], [sock], [], 0)
        except socket.error, e:
            print "A socket error"
            break
        if [rlist, wlist, elist] != [ [], [], [] ]:
            line = sock.recv(200).rstrip()
            if line.endswith("\\n"):
                line = line[:-2]
            if line.endswith("quit"):
                break
            if line.startswith("\u0020"):
                line = line[6:]
            print line

t = Thread(target = client_runner)
t.daemon = True
t.start()

while True:
    line = sys.stdin.readline()
    if not line:
       break
    sock.send(line)
    if line.rstrip() in ["quit", "exit"]:
        break

sock.close()
if t.is_alive():
    t.join()