Python wait x secs for a key and continue execution if not pressed

Question

I\'m a n00b to python, and I\'m looking a code snippet/sample which performs the following:

• Display a message like \"Press any key to configure or wait X secon

Answer 1

If you combine time.sleep, threading.Thread, and sys.stdin.read you can easily wait for a specified amount of time for input and then continue.

t = threading.Thread(target=sys.stdin.read(1) args=(1,))
t.start()
time.sleep(5)
t.join()