How can I print a dynamic text in terminal using Python?

Question

I want to print a constant message in the form of:

Time remaining: X Seconds

Where X will be a count-down number. But I don't want to have an output like:

Time remaining: 5 Seconds
Time remaining: 4 Seconds
Time remaining: 3 Seconds
Time remaining: 2 Seconds ...

I want only the number to change in the same text line. Is it possible using escape sequences or other way?

Answer 1

Yes you can!

Please refer to the answer found here

The code has been modified a little to look more like you want, and to use the more recent string formatting.

from time import sleep
import sys

for i in range(10):
    sys.stdout.write("\rTime remaining: {} Seconds".format(i))
    sys.stdout.flush()
    sleep(1)
print '\n'