Another way on unix that doesn't use signals: import select, sys
print("Enter something: ", end = "")
sys.stdout.flush()
fds = select.select((0,), (), (), 5)
if fds[0] == [0]:
data = sys.stdin.readline()
print("You entered:", data)
else:
print("Too late!")
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