How do I write output in same place on the console

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I am new to python and am writing some scripts to automate downloading files from FTP servers  etc  I want to show the progress of the download  but I want it to stay in the same position  such as   output      Downloading File FooFile txt  47     I m trying to avoid something like this        Downloading File FooFile txt  47        Downloading File FooFile txt  48        Downloading File FooFile txt  49     How should I go about doing this     Duplicate   How can I print over the current line in a command line application

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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

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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

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kinda like the one above but better  P  from   future   import print function from time import sleep  for i in range 101     str1  Downloading File FooFile txt        format i    back   b  len str1    print str1  end       sleep 0 1    print back  end

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

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You can also use the carriage return   sys stdout write  Download progress   d      r     progress    sys stdout flush

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For Python 3xx   import time for i in range 10       time sleep 0 2       print    r Loading        format i  str i   end

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A neat solution that has been working for me is   from   future   import print function import sys for i in range 10  6       perc   float i    10  6   100     print   gt  gt  gt  Download is     complete        format perc   end   r       sys stdout flush   print       The sys stdout flush is important otherwise it gets really clunky and the print     on for loop exit is also important   UPDATE  As mentioned in the comments  print also has a flush argument  So the following will also work   from   future   import print function for i in range 10  6       perc   float i    10  6   100     print   gt  gt  gt  Download is     complete        format perc   end   r   flush True  print

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x  A Sting        for i in range 0 1000000   y list x format i   print x format i  end      for j in range 0 len y        print   b  end

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

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