Powershell: Update current output line

Question

is there a way to update the current line of the command output in powershell?

i know how to write to the same line:

Write-Host \"hello \" -NoNewLine

Answer 1

Use carriage return to return to the start of the line: `r

See this: http://ss64.com/ps/syntax-esc.html

And definition of carriage return: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carriage_return

If you want to clear a line, that and a load of spaces. Otherwise you can overwrite stuff.

I can't really write up an example here as it's SO's code character, but put it at the start of the "world" string and it should work.

Hope this helps!