Module/lib for controlling a terminal program using redrawing?

[Dave Angel]

On 03/14/2015 06:50 AM, Jason Heeris wrote:
> I am trying to automate the use of some old, in-house terminal-based
> programs that use screen redrawing for their interface. This includes
> single line redrawing (eg. using '\r' and overwriting), complete screen
> clearing, and fine-grained cursor movement and overwriting (probably not
> all in the same program at the same time though).
>
> Is there a module/library that can help me with this?

https://docs.python.org/3/howto/curses.html

That's in the standard library for both Python2 and 3.  I don't know if 
it'll do everything you need, but if not, there are also various 
wrappers for curses that can be found with a google search.


-- 
DaveA