Thread: Reading single character in linux

  1. 03-01-2002 #1
    aurumice
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    Reading single character in linux

    In linux...how can my c program get a single character from a keyboard without hitting 'Enter'(newline)???
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    getchar,getche, getch functions i think can do that ...
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    You have to make stdin unbuffered

    Try
    setbuf
    setvbuf

    Or looking at termios
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    getch() , getche() arenīt ANSII-conform!!

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    Non Canonical

    You have to go into noncanonical mode. default is canonical
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