header/footer terminal display [duplicate]

Answer 1

Use Curses, or ncurses with python:

http://docs.python.org/2/howto/curses.html

Answer 2

You can use curses for python. Example:

import curses

myscreen = curses.initscr()
curses.start_color()
curses.init_pair(1, curses.COLOR_BLACK, curses.COLOR_WHITE)
y,x = myscreen.getmaxyx()
myscreen.addstr("Python curses in action!", curses.color_pair(1))
myscreen.move(y -1,0)
myscreen.addstr("Python curses in action!", curses.color_pair(1))
myscreen.refresh()
myscreen.getch()

curses.endwin()