Is there a way to erase the last line of output?

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The simple solution is to not print a newline character (i.e., do not use console.log).

  • Use process.stdout.write to print a line without the EOL character.
  • Use carriage return (\r) character to return to the begin of the line.
  • Use \e[K to clear all characters from the cursor position to the end of the line.

Example:

process.stdout.write("000");
process.stdout.write("\n111");
process.stdout.write("\n222");

To this line, the output will be:

000
111
222

However, if you execute:

process.stdout.write("000");
process.stdout.write("\n111");
process.stdout.write("\n222");
process.stdout.write("\r\x1b[K")
process.stdout.write("333");

The output is:

000
111
222\r\x1b[K
333

However, the terminal will display:

000
111
333

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