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Sorry for the surreal subject, but I wasn't sure how to describe this in a one liner. What I'd like to be able to do is basically avoid generating a newline in my output, something like this:

echo "Processing xyz..."
[script does some stuff]

Then actually append something like an "ok" at the end of the existing output line so it ultimately looks like this when it's processing is done:


As opposed to a newline being generated like this:



I don't want to just build the whole string and then display it when the processing is done because I want to have visual feedback on when the processing has started, how long it's taking for each item, which item it might hang on, etc.

Any suggestions appreciated - hope this was a clear as mud!

Here's a brief example of an echo system I developed. It's actually a simple concept.


Do all your echos using call :echo " text here "
Set number of lines to go back using set /a #echolen-=number
Refresh the window using call :echo /r

There are multiple threads with this answer, but I can't seem to find them quickly.

SET /P is able to print info to the screen without issuing a new line. Redirecting input to nul causes it to finish without waiting for input. The variable that gets assigned does not matter. Since it receives no input, the value will not change.



Dave Benham

Thanks, just what I was looking for. I had problems finding this issue referenced before (what do you search for?) as well... but I apologize for the apparent repeat.