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# 34.7. `tty` — Terminal control functions

The `tty` module defines functions for putting the tty into cbreak and raw modes.

Because it requires the `termios` module, it will work only on Unix.

The `tty` module defines the following functions:

`tty.` `setraw`(fd, when=termios.TCSAFLUSH)

  Change the mode of the file descriptor fd to raw. If when is omitted, it defaults to `termios.TCSAFLUSH`, and is passed to `termios.tcsetattr()`.

`tty.` `setcbreak`(fd, when=termios.TCSAFLUSH)

  Change the mode of file descriptor fd to cbreak. If when is omitted, it defaults to `termios.TCSAFLUSH`, and is passed to `termios.tcsetattr()`.

See also

Module `termios`
  Low-level terminal control interface.

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