Chris Seymour wrote: > Hi All, > I am working on a python script for my colleague that will walk a > directory and search in the different files for a specific string. > These pieces I am able to do. What my colleague wants is that when > she runs the script the filename is replaced by the current file that > is being processed. So instead of seeing a series of files being > listed down the page, she only wants to see the file currently being > processed. > > I am not sure if this is even possible. Any thoughts would be greatly > appreciated. > Try printing each filename with
sys.write("\r%s\r%s" % (" "*80, filename) It's crappy, but it might just work (you may need to change the 80 to some other numeric value). regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list