diff --git a/get_key.py b/get_key.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import pygame
+import sys
+from pygame.locals import *
+
+pygame.init()
+width = 300
+height = 100
+screen = pygame.display.set_mode((width, height))
+pygame.display.set_caption("Press any key. . .")
+
+while 1:
+  for event in pygame.event.get():
+    if event.type == KEYDOWN:
+      print event.key
+      sys.exit(event.key)
+