How to add a Timeout to Console.ReadLine()?

Question

I have a console app in which I want to give the user x seconds to respond to the prompt. If no input is made after a certain period of time, program logic should

Answer 1

A simple example using Console.KeyAvailable:

Console.WriteLine("Press any key during the next 2 seconds...");
Thread.Sleep(2000);
if (Console.KeyAvailable)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Key pressed");
}
else
{
    Console.WriteLine("You were too slow");
}