Output to the Same Line Overwriting Previous Output

Output to the same line overwriting previous output?

Here's code for Python 3.x:

print(os.path.getsize(file_name)/1024+'KB / '+size+' KB downloaded!', end='\r')

The end= keyword is what does the work here -- by default, print() ends in a newline (\n) character, but this can be replaced with a different string. In this case, ending the line with a carriage return instead returns the cursor to the start of the current line. Thus, there's no need to import the sys module for this sort of simple usage. print() actually has a number of keyword arguments which can be used to greatly simplify code.

To use the same code on Python 2.6+, put the following line at the top of the file:

from __future__ import print_function

How to overwrite the previous print to stdout?

Simple Version

One way is to use the carriage return ('\r') character to return to the start of the line without advancing to the next line.

Python 3

for x in range(10):
    print(x, end='\r')
print()

Python 2.7 forward compatible

from __future__ import print_function
for x in range(10):
    print(x, end='\r')
print()

Python 2.7

for x in range(10):
    print '{}\r'.format(x),
print

Python 2.0-2.6

for x in range(10):
    print '{0}\r'.format(x),
print

In the latter two (Python 2-only) cases, the comma at the end of the print statement tells it not to go to the next line. The last print statement advances to the next line so your prompt won't overwrite your final output.

Line Cleaning

If you can’t guarantee that the new line of text is not shorter than the existing line, then you just need to add a “clear to end of line” escape sequence, '\x1b[1K' ('\x1b' = ESC):

for x in range(75):
    print('*' * (75 - x), x, end='\x1b[1K\r')
print()

Overwriting a line after printing out something

By default, print adds a newline, '\n', after all arguments have been printed, moving you to the next line. Pass it end='\r' (carriage return) to make it return to the beginning of the current line without advancing to the next line. To be sure output isn't buffered (stdout is typically line buffered when connected to a terminal), make sure to pass flush=True to print as well, for a final result of:

for n in range(101):
    timefluc = random.uniform(0, 1.2)
    time.sleep(timefluc)
    print("{0}%".format(n), end='\r', flush=True)

Python 3.8: Overwrite and clear previous shorter line in terminal

I have found a decent work around for this problem. You can just fill the end of the string with white spaces with f strings. The full code for the problem I stated in the question would then be:

print('Tessst', end='\r')
print(f'{"Test" : <10}')

I found this way here

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