Thread: linux bash command prompt access with c++

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http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/lesson1.html
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutoria...structure.html

One possible way to erase, would be to type a '\b' char and then overwrite. It's not the best necessarily, but it's the most portable to try (although it may or may not work). Something like this:

Code:

#include <iostream>

void doIter();

void doIter()
{
	char szIter[] = {'|', '/', '\\', '-'};
	
	for(size_t i=0;i<sizeof(szIter)/sizeof(*szIter);i++)
	{
		putchar(szIter[i]);
		putchar('\b');
	}
}

int main()
{
	for(size_t i=0;i<5000;i++)
	{
		doIter();
	}
	
	return 0;
}