At least on Linux, you need to press Enter.

felixfontein · felixfontein · commit 4419fa196293 · 2026-03-09T20:30:11.000+01:00
Signed-off-by: Felix Fontein &lt;felix@fontein.de&gt;
diff --git a/cmd/sops/edit.go b/cmd/sops/edit.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func editTree(opts editOpts, tree *sops.Tree, dataKey []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return encryptedFile, nil
 }
 
-const pressKeyMsg = "Press a key to return to the editor, or Ctrl+C to exit."
+const pressKeyMsg = "Press enter to return to the editor, or Ctrl+C to exit."
 
 func waitForKeyPress() {
 	bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin).ReadByte()

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func editTree(opts editOpts, tree *sops.Tree, dataKey []byte) ([]byte, error) {`
`174`	`174`	`return encryptedFile, nil`
`175`	`175`	`}`
`176`	`176`
`177`		`-const pressKeyMsg = "Press a key to return to the editor, or Ctrl+C to exit."`
	`177`	`+const pressKeyMsg = "Press enter to return to the editor, or Ctrl+C to exit."`
`178`	`178`
`179`	`179`	`func waitForKeyPress() {`
`180`	`180`	`bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin).ReadByte()`