use Win32::Console; my $wc = Win32::Console->new(STD_INPUT_HANDLE); say 'Paste stuff now.'; while (1) { unless ($wc->GetEvents) { sleep 1; next; } my @ev = $wc->Input; my ($event_type, $key_down, $repeat_count, $v_keycode, $v_scancode, $ch_num, $control_key_state) = @ev; # wait for keyboard event (does paste count?) next unless $event_type==1 && $key_down; # prettify for debug display my $char = chr($ch_num); $char = '?' unless $char =~ /[[:print:]]/; printf qq{Key: '%s' = 0x%02x = %3dd; key %02x, scan %02x\n}, $char, $ch_num, $ch_num, $v_keycode, $v_scancode; }