How can I erase the current printed console line in C? I am working on a Linux system. For example –
printf("hello");
printf("bye");
I want to print bye on the same line in place of hello.
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You can use VT100 escape codes. Most terminals, including xterm, are VT100 aware. For erasing a line, this is
^[[2K. In C this gives: