How to add a Timeout to Console.ReadLine()?

Question

I have a console app in which I want to give the user x seconds to respond to the prompt. If no input is made after a certain period of time, program logic should

Answer 1

This worked for me.

ConsoleKeyInfo k = new ConsoleKeyInfo();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key in the next 5 seconds.");
for (int cnt = 5; cnt > 0; cnt--)
  {
    if (Console.KeyAvailable)
      {
        k = Console.ReadKey();
        break;
      }
    else
     {
       Console.WriteLine(cnt.ToString());
       System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);
     }
 }
Console.WriteLine("The key pressed was " + k.Key);