The tty Module

(Unix only) The tty module contains some utility functions for dealing with tty devices. Example 12-9 shows how to switch the terminal window over to "raw" mode, and back again.

Example 12-9. Using the tty Module

File: tty-example-1.py import tty import os, sys fileno = sys.stdin.fileno() tty.setraw(fileno) print raw_input("raw input: ") tty.setcbreak(fileno) print raw_input("cbreak input: ") os.system("stty sane") # ... raw input: this is raw input cbreak input: this is cbreak input