What is the Python Equivalent of Batch's PAUSE function

Question

What is the Python Equivalent of Batch's

PAUSE

function? The program shall wait for the user to press a key before continuation.

possible duplicate of [How do I make python to wait for a pressed key](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/983354/how-do-i-make-python-to-wait-for-a-pressed-key) — Reut Sharabani, Feb 25 '15 at 10:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:43

To pause for a few seconds, take a look at time.sleep.

To wait for input (you can discard it if you wish), use input or raw_input.

To wait for any input, this answer suggests (windows only):

import msvcrt as m
def wait():
    m.getch()

A following answer in the same thread suggests using an external tool if it's available (not windows), read:

os.system('read -s -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue..."')

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