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How to catch the ESC or ctl C key when using readline?

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I would like to catch the ESC or ctl C key when using readline. It should jsut line the editing with a character that I can identify.

posted Sep 29, 2013 by Meenal Mishra

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CTRL + C will send signal SIGINT. You can catch this signal and write your own handler and then SIGINT won't kill presently running program but do whatever you have written in your signal handler.
I am not sure if this will meet your exact requirements or not.

answer Sep 29, 2013 by anonymous
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