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

Question

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?

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Duplicate: How can I print over the current line in a command line application?

Answer 1

You can also use the carriage return:

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