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Key press in Perl

Fergal20 · 2004-02-15 17:08:16

Hello, I need to capture a keyboard press event in Perl (running in Linux). The key that I'm looking for is the "up" or "down" arrow keys. Thanks in advance:)

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15-02-2004 6:08pm

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Fergal20

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Hello,

I need to capture a keyboard press event in Perl (running in Linux). The key that I'm looking for is the "up" or "down" arrow keys.

Thanks in advance:)

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#2 16-02-2004 10:31am
tommycahir

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try using the curses module available on cpan.. i think that should allow u capture them..

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