How do I simulate a progress counter in a command line application in Python?

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Published on 2010-04-22T08:18:22Z Indexed on 2010/04/22 8:33 UTC
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My Python program does a series of things and prints some diagnostic output. I would also like to have a progress counter like this:

Percentage done: 25%

where the number increases "in place". If I use only string statements I can write separate numbers, but that would clutter the screen. Is there some way to achieve this, for example using some escape char for backspace in order to clear a number and write the next one?

Thanks

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