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use Term::ReadKey: 
use Term::ReadKey;
ReadMode 4; # Turn off controls keys
while (not defined ($key = ReadKey(-1)) {
    # No key yet
}
print "Got key $key\n";
ReadMode 0; # Reset tty mode before exiting

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