How do I write output in same place on the console?

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Full question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5171...

Question links:
[How can I print over the current line in a command line application?]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4653...

Answer 2 links:
[curses module]: http://docs.python.org/library/curses.ht...

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 295

You can also use the carriage return:

sys.stdout.write("Download progress: %d%%   \r" % (progress) )
sys.stdout.flush()

ANSWER 2

Score 64

Python 2

I like the following:

print 'Downloading File FooFile.txt [%d%%]\r'%i,

Demo:

import time

for i in range(100):
    time.sleep(0.1)
    print 'Downloading File FooFile.txt [%d%%]\r'%i,

Python 3

print('Downloading File FooFile.txt [%d%%]\r'%i, end="")

Demo:

import time

for i in range(100):
    time.sleep(0.1)
    print('Downloading File FooFile.txt [%d%%]\r'%i, end="")

PyCharm Debugger Console with Python 3

# On PyCharm Debugger console, \r needs to come before the text.
# Otherwise, the text may not appear at all, or appear inconsistently.
# tested on PyCharm 2019.3, Python 3.6

import time

print('Start.')
for i in range(100):
    time.sleep(0.02)
    print('\rDownloading File FooFile.txt [%d%%]'%i, end="")
print('\nDone.')

ANSWER 3

Score 29

Use a terminal-handling library like the curses module:

The curses module provides an interface to the curses library, the de-facto standard for portable advanced terminal handling.

ANSWER 4

Score 16

Print the backspace character \b several times, and then overwrite the old number with the new number.