How to modify the previous line of console text?

Question

I\'d like to achieve something like this:

Time consuming operation...OK
Another time consuming operation...
And another one, but it completed, so...OK
         


        

Answer 1

Use a carriage return. This sample prints a single line, overwriting what was there before.

  Console.WriteLine();
  for (int i = 0; i <= 100; i++)
  {
    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(10);
    Console.Write("\x000DProgress: " + i);
  }

This works as long as all your strings are less than 80 columns (or whatever your terminal buffer is set to).