mygetchar.cpp (Source)

// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22028142/read-only-one-char-from-cin
#include <iostream>     // cout, cin, streambuf, hex, endl, sgetc, sbumpc
#include <iomanip>      // setw, setfill
#include <fstream>      // fstream

// These inclusions required to set terminal mode.
#include <termios.h>    // struct termios, tcgetattr(), tcsetattr()
#include <stdio.h>      // perror(), stderr, stdin, fileno()

using namespace std;

char mygetchar()
{
    struct termios t;
    struct termios t_saved;

    // Set terminal to single character mode.
    tcgetattr(fileno(stdin), &t);
    t_saved = t;
    t.c_lflag &= (~ICANON & ~ECHO);
    t.c_cc[VTIME] = 0;
    t.c_cc[VMIN] = 1;
    if (tcsetattr(fileno(stdin), TCSANOW, &t) < 0) {
        perror("Unable to set terminal to single character mode");
        return -1;
    }

    // Read single characters from cin.
    std::streambuf *pbuf = cin.rdbuf();
        char c;
        c = pbuf->sbumpc();

    // Restore terminal mode.
    if (tcsetattr(fileno(stdin), TCSANOW, &t_saved) < 0) {
        perror("Unable to restore terminal mode");
        return -1;
    }
    return c;
   }