Read a character from standard input in Go (without pressing Enter)

Question

I want to my app shows:

press any key to exit ...

And when I pressed any key, it exits.

How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

You could use this library (mine): https://github.com/eiannone/keyboard

This is an example for getting a single keystroke:

char, _, err := keyboard.GetSingleKey()
if (err != nil) {
    panic(err)
}
fmt.Printf("You pressed: %q\r\n", char)