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  1. ILightThings created this gist Mar 15, 2021.
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    import readline

    def rlinput(prefill):
    readline.set_startup_hook(lambda: readline.insert_text(prefill))
    try:
    return input() # or raw_input in Python 2
    finally:
    readline.set_startup_hook()

    query = ""

    while True:
    query = rlinput(query)
    print(f"The new line is: {query}")