How do you use python to clear/edit lines printed in the shell?

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Is it possible to use a command in python to clear/edit lines printed in the shell? if not, what is a good way to do a loading bar?

You mean something like tqdm? – Matthieu Brucher Nov 01 '18 at 11:19 — Matthieu Brucher, Nov 01 '18 at 11:19
https://docs.python.org/3/howto/curses.html ? – hiro protagonist Nov 01 '18 at 11:20 — hiro protagonist, Nov 01 '18 at 11:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 01 '18 at 11:27

You can change the print statement to not do a carriage return and newline, but just a carriage return:

print('whatever you want to print', end='\r')

If you want to implement a progress bar, you could do it yourself, or take a look at the many options here

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