How to clear previous console output?

[Terry Reedy]

"Mike Rovner" <mike at nospam.com> wrote in message
news:cem9bk$200$1 at sea.gmane.org...
> (For console output) Use \r.
>
> Example:
>
> for i in range(100):
>    print '%s\r' % ' '*20, # clean up row
>    print '%d%%' % i, # note ending with comma
> print
>
> Note that it works only in real console window, not in simulated one
(like
> in WinIDE).
> That is cross-platform.

If you do not want to erase everything, \10 in string inserts backspace
character, but blanking and rewriting everything may be easier.

tjr