# Poll input from terminal

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/poll-input-from-terminal/554>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [June 24, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/poll-input-from-terminal/554 "2015-06-24T12:43:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/poll-input-from-terminal/554/1 "2015-06-24T12:43:41Z")

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**[miran46](https://sourceforge.net/u/miran46/)** wrote on [Wednesday, June 24, 2015](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/b611f714/#c439):

Hi, is there any good way of polling keyboard input from the terminal/console? The reason for asking is that I have a hidden rendering window and would like to be able to unhide it or exit the application in a clean way.

Thanks for any help or advice.