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Asked: 2026-05-10T16:35:47+00:00

I have a little routine that’s run under Linux and Windows written in C

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I have a little routine that’s run under Linux and Windows written in C and displays output on the console. I’m not linking in any form of curses or anything like that.

Currently I clear the screen using

#ifdef __WIN32   system( 'cls' ); #else   system( 'clear' ); #endif

Then I have a bunch of printf statements to update the status. What I’d like just reset the screenpointer to 0,0 so I can then just overlay my printfs. I’d rather avoid compiling in any more extensions especially since I’m coding for 2 different OS’.

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  1. Looks like I may have found a windows specific way of doing it SetConsoleCursorPosition

    Ansi escape sequence \033[0;0H for Linux – just printf that to the console.

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