# a=readuntil(STDIN,"\\n")

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-readuntil-stdin-n/10979>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** juliapro\
**Created:** [May 18, 2018, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-readuntil-stdin-n/10979 "2018-05-18T08:12:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Philippe\_Maincon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@Philippe\_Maincon1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Philippe_Maincon1)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-readuntil-stdin-n/10979/1 "2018-05-18T08:12:21Z")

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In the Julia prompt, `a=readuntil(STDIN,"\n")` will let the user provide keyboard input.

In JuliaPro (Note, IO am using JuliaPro\_v0.6.0.1\_build-78, Windows 7), the same instruction freezes everything until CTRL-jk stops the Julia process.

Is this solved in newer version of JuliaPro?  
Any workaround? Actually, I just want to pause a process as in “Press a key”.

🙂

Philippe

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-readuntil-stdin-n/10979/2 "2018-05-20T12:12:12Z")

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Yes, that should (mostly) work on newer versions of JuliaPro/Juno. Still not perfect there because of [this bug](https://github.com/JunoLab/Juno.jl/issues/118).

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**Author:** ![Philippe\_Maincon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@Philippe\_Maincon1](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Philippe_Maincon1)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-readuntil-stdin-n/10979/3 "2018-05-22T11:25:22Z")

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/a-readuntil-stdin-n/10979/4 "2023-09-12T16:41:38Z")

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