multiple prints on the same line in Python

Question

I want to run a script, which basically shows an output like this:

Installing XXX...               [DONE]

Currently, I print Installi

Answer 1

sys.stdout.write will print without return carriage

import sys
sys.stdout.write("installing xxx")
sys.stdout.write(".")

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming/Input_and_output#printing_without_commas_or_newlines