#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Term::ReadKey; $|=1; ReadMode('cbreak'); my $key = ''; while ( $key ne 'q' ) { while (not defined ($key = ReadKey(-1))) { # No key yet } print "Get key '$key'\n"; print ord($key); print "\n"; } __END__ while(1){ my $char; if (defined ($char = ReadKey(0)) ) { print "$char->", ord($char),"\n"; # input was waiting and it was $char } else { # no input was waiting } } ReadMode('normal'); # restore normal tty settings