I want to:
echo two or more lines output inside a loop such that the loop outputs the echo on the same lines, to prevent scrolling when the loop is for example 100 times.
I searched the web for "shell echo output same line", but didn't find what I wanted. I got this command
A sample code for echo 'ing two lines on the same place! It can be used to print more than two lines on the same lines.
Thats all.
echo two or more lines output inside a loop such that the loop outputs the echo on the same lines, to prevent scrolling when the loop is for example 100 times.
I searched the web for "shell echo output same line", but didn't find what I wanted. I got this command
echo -en "hello"which the -en option means print on the same line from the first character place. Which did not do the trick which I wanted because it is only for one line. Then I found the command "tput" which manipulates the cursor, and the code that moves the cursor up 2 lines
echo -en "\033[2A"and here is what I got:
A sample code for echo 'ing two lines on the same place! It can be used to print more than two lines on the same lines.
echo "Total Files to search " $count echo "" # These two empty lines are needed for proper formating. echo "" # For example when the cursor is at the end of the screen! echo -en "\033[2A" # Move the cursor up 2 lines tput sc # Save the cursor position j=0 for i in $searchDir do tput el # clear to end of line echo "Searching count $j out of $count" tput el # clear to end of line echo "Searching file $i" tput rc # Restore the cursor position j=`expr $j + 1` done echo "" echo "" echo "" echo "Finished"
Thats all.
