What can I use to go one line break back in a terminal in Python?

Question

I can go one caracter back using \\b :

>>> print(\"123#456\")
123#456
>>> print(\"123#\\b456\")
123456

But i

Answer 1

One possible (a bit hacky) solution is to use '\033[1A' to go back one line. Replace 1 with number of lines to jump back. There are several other escape sequences you can use to manipulate the cursor. Check out the complete list at: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x361.html

- Position the Cursor:
  \033[<L>;<C>H
     Or
  \033[<L>;<C>f
  puts the cursor at line L and column C.
- Move the cursor up N lines:
  \033[<N>A
- Move the cursor down N lines:
  \033[<N>B
- Move the cursor forward N columns:
  \033[<N>C
- Move the cursor backward N columns:
  \033[<N>D

- Clear the screen, move to (0,0):
  \033[2J
- Erase to end of line:
  \033[K

- Save cursor position:
  \033[s
- Restore cursor position:
  \033[u

Note that this will probably not work for all terminals.