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Write to same location in a console window with java

I was wondering if theres a way, in java, to replace a line of output you outputted to the terminal, such that you could do like a progress bar/counter type thing.

I’d like to do something akin to printing out “Records inserted 1/1000” and then “Records inserted 2/1000” over the top, replacing it so that only the most recent one shows.

Answer 1

Print the \r character, which places the cursor at the beginning of the line. And then write the new line.

public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {

    System.out.print("test");

    Thread.sleep(3000);

    System.out.print('\r');

    System.out.print("lulz");

}