Is there go up line character? (Opposite of \n)

Question

I would like to overwrite something on a line above in in a serial console. Is there a character that allows me to move up?

Thank you.

Answer 1

for i in range(10):  
    print("Loading" + "." * i) 

    doSomeTimeConsumingProcessing()

    sys.stdout.write("\033[F") # Cursor up one lin

Try this in Python and replace doSomeTimeConsumingProcessing() with any routine needed, and hope it helps