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Cross platform getch() in python (See related posts)

For Unix, it uses sys, tty, termios modules.
import sys, tty, termios
fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
tty.setraw(sys.stdin.fileno())
ch = sys.stdin.read(1)

For Windows, it uses msvcrt module.
import msvcrt
ch = msvcrt.getch()

See more details and OSX code in this recipe by Danny Yoo.
to python input char getch by korakot on Sat Nov 26 09:51:17 -0500 2005

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