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, -- Miki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://pythonwise.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list