Re: Moving the output cursor in Windows

If you print "\r", it returns you to the beginning of the current line. This snippet counts to 10.

for(1..10){
print "\r", 'line: ', $_;
sleep(1);
}
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Re^2: Moving the output cursor in Windows by LanceDeeply (Chaplain) on May 27, 2005 at 15:34 UTC
OP may not know how to flush the buffer immediately to see the count... `$\|=1; for(1..10){ print "\r", 'line: ', $_; sleep(1); }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Moving the output cursor in Windows by thundergnat (Deacon) on May 27, 2005 at 15:34 UTC
You need to unbuffer STDOUT first for that to work correctly. With buffered output, it just waits for 10 seconds then prints "Line 10".	[reply]


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