make python raw_input() or input() not waiting

Question

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raw_input and timeout

raw_input() will wait for user input. How to make it go after waiting a few seconds?

Answer 1

One potential option:

import select, sys
r, w, x = select.select([sys.stdin], [], [], 3)

This will block for ~3 seconds - any data present will be in r after.