How I monitor progress in python

progress.py

import sys, os, datetime
from time import time

def update_progress(total_imported, skipped_files, current_location):
  text = str(total_imported) + "/" + str(total_imported+skipped_files) + " imported. Looking in folder: " + current_location
  sys.stdout.write('\r' + text)
  sys.stdout.flush()
  
def main():
  start_time = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(time())
  print("Starting program with the following parameters: " + str(sys.argv))
  base_path = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0])))[0]

  update_progress(total_imported, skipped_files, base_path)
  end_time = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(time())

  total_time = dateutil.relativedelta.relativedelta(end_time, start_time)
  print "\nImport completed in: %d days, %d hours, %d minutes and %d seconds" % (total_time.days, total_time.hours, total_time.minutes, total_time.seconds)
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
  os.system('mode con: cols=150 lines=8')
  main()