diff --git b/readline/.classpath a/readline/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18d70f0
--- /dev/null
+++ a/readline/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.6"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git b/readline/.project a/readline/.project
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index 0000000..5d31856
--- /dev/null
+++ a/readline/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>readline</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git b/readline/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs a/readline/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8000cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ a/readline/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.lineNumber=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.localVariable=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.sourceFile=generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.6
diff --git b/readline/bin/pad/prac1/EditableBufferedReader.class a/readline/bin/pad/prac1/EditableBufferedReader.class
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..688a694
--- /dev/null
+++ a/readline/bin/pad/prac1/EditableBufferedReader.class
diff --git b/readline/bin/pad/prac1/MainClass.class a/readline/bin/pad/prac1/MainClass.class
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b38d6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ a/readline/bin/pad/prac1/MainClass.class
diff --git b/readline/src/pad/prac1/EditableBufferedReader.java a/readline/src/pad/prac1/EditableBufferedReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbe521f
--- /dev/null
+++ a/readline/src/pad/prac1/EditableBufferedReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package pad.prac1;
+import java.io.*;
+
+
+public class EditableBufferedReader extends BufferedReader 
+{
+	private String line = "";
+	private boolean returnKey = false;
+	
+	public EditableBufferedReader(Reader in)
+	{
+		super(in);
+	}
+	
+	public EditableBufferedReader(Reader in, int sz)
+	{
+		super(in,sz);
+	}
+	
+	private void setRaw() throws IOException, InterruptedException
+	{
+		String[] cmd = {"/bin/sh", "-c", "stty raw -echo </dev/tty"};
+		Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd).waitFor();
+	}
+	
+	private void unsetRaw() throws IOException, InterruptedException
+	{
+		String[] cmd = {"/bin/sh", "-c", "stty -raw echo </dev/tty"};
+		Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd).waitFor();
+	}
+	
+	public int read() throws IOException
+	{
+		return super.read();
+	}
+	
+	public String readLine()
+	{
+		try 
+		{
+			setRaw();
+		} 
+		catch (Exception e) 
+		{
+			System.out.println("Couldn't set terminal in raw mode");
+			return "";
+		}
+		while(!returnKey)
+		{
+			try 
+			{
+				int character = read();
+				switch(character)
+				{
+					case 0x0D:
+						returnKey = true;
+						break;
+					default:
+						line += (char)character;
+						System.out.print((char)character);
+						break;
+				}
+			} 
+			catch (IOException e)
+			{
+				System.out.println("Couldn't unset raw mode");
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		try 
+		{
+			unsetRaw();
+		} 
+		catch (Exception e) 
+		{
+			System.out.println("Couldn't unset raw mode");
+			return "";
+		}
+		return line;
+	}
+}
diff --git b/readline/src/pad/prac1/MainClass.java a/readline/src/pad/prac1/MainClass.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86817c2
--- /dev/null
+++ a/readline/src/pad/prac1/MainClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package pad.prac1;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+public class MainClass 
+{
+	public static void main(String[] argv) throws IOException
+	{
+		InputStreamReader input = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
+		EditableBufferedReader editable = new EditableBufferedReader(input);
+		System.out.println("\nLine read: " + editable.readLine());
+		editable.close();
+	}
+
+}