Backspace.ipynb

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     "text": [
      "Done ...\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "import time\n",
    "import sys\n",
    "\n",
    "message = 'Busy ...'\n",
    "sys.stdout.write(message)\n",
    "sys.stdout.flush()\n",
    "time.sleep(1)\n",
    "\n",
    "sys.stdout.write('\\b' * len(message))\n",
    "sys.stdout.write('\\r')\n",
    "sys.stdout.flush()\n",
    "\n",
    "sys.stdout.write('Done')"
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