getc
getc - get the next character from the filehandle
getc FILEHANDLE
getc
Returns the next character from the input file attached to FILEHANDLE,
or a null string at end of file. If FILEHANDLE is omitted, reads from STDIN.
This is not particularly efficient. It cannot be used to get unbuffered
single-characters, however. For that, try something more like:
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if ($BSD_STYLE) {
system "stty cbreak </dev/tty >/dev/tty 2>&1";
}
else {
system "stty", '-icanon', 'eol', "\001";
}
$key = getc(STDIN);
if ($BSD_STYLE) {
system "stty -cbreak </dev/tty >/dev/tty 2>&1";
}
else {
system "stty", 'icanon', 'eol', '^@'; # ascii null
}
print "\n";
]]>
Determination of whether to whether $BSD_STYLE should be set
is left as an exercise to the reader.
See also the Term::ReadKey module from your nearest CPAN site;
details on CPAN can be found on CPAN