jasonrdsouza

def getchar():
   #Returns a single character from standard input
   import tty, termios, sys
   fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
   old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
   try:
      tty.setraw(sys.stdin.fileno())
      ch = sys.stdin.read(1)
   finally:
      termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings)