Listen for key press in .NET console app

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Use Console.KeyAvailable so that you only call ReadKey when you know it won’t block:

Console.WriteLine("Press ESC to stop");
do {
    while (! Console.KeyAvailable) {
        // Do something
   }       
} while (Console.ReadKey(true).Key != ConsoleKey.Escape);

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