Options for control of output in Terminal?

[Dan Buettner]

I'm working on a multithreaded perl script that will have a group of 
threads uploading files via FTP.

I'd like to have each thread display status information in the 
Terminal window, e.g.:

--------------------------------Terminal---------------------------------
Thr1  16:12:07: Uploading 'mysamplefile' (890.0 KB) to 'myhost.com'
##################################
Thr2  16:10:07: Uploading 'myBIGsamplefile' (99.1 MB) to 'myhost.com'
#################
Thr3  16:05:08: Uploaded 'lastfile' (5.1 MB) to 'ftpserver.com'
Thr4  16:13:06: Uploading littlefile' (44.8 KB) to 'anotherhost.com'
##########################
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
The # symbols above would be the hash output from Net::FTP as it uploads ...
Ideally, I'd like to have the window have a fixed display (no 
scrolling) and always output the information from a specific thread 
in a specific position.  In other words, Thread 1 gets the first 2 
lines, Thread 2 gets lines 3 and 4, etc.

The script right now is not threaded, and using the hash output from 
Net::FTP works great - divide filesize by 100 and set that to your 
hash value to get a great text-based progress bar.

How could I put information into a static display like this?  And 
could I still use the Net::FTP progress bar?

Suggestions appreciated.
Thanks,
Dan