How to fully clear a single line in a command-line application?

Asked May 07 '20 at 13:28

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I'm trying to clear a line of the output and write a new one instead of it in a Python CLI app. If I use the carriage return (\r) it doesn't clear the end of the previous line, in case if it is longer.

print("a longer line", end="\r")
print("a short one")

But I get this output (the end of the longer line is not removed):

a short onene

Is there a way to do what I want?

asked May 07 '20 at 13:28

Demian Wolf

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`print("a short one ")` sorry there's no general and good solution – Jean-François Fabre May 07 '20 at 13:29
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https://stackoverflow.com/a/25105111/6451573 answers perfectly – Jean-François Fabre May 07 '20 at 13:30
@Jean-FrançoisFabre Thank you for your comment. That works :) I was just wondering maybe there is another, more efficient way, than just adding spaces to the end of the string to print. – Demian Wolf May 07 '20 at 19:37

How to fully clear a single line in a command-line application?

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