Inputting non-visual characters from the shell (command line)

is it possible to capture user input from the command line (using System.in or any other available method) that contains characters that are not printing characters and are not legal in a java.lang.String? i.e. is it possible to write a program that recognizes the arrows and CTRL, SHIFT, and ALT keys as input without using graphical (Swing or AWT) classes in the program?

No. Shift, ALT and CTRL are key modifiers. Perhaps JCurses would allow you to check for these modifiers as Swing does.
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