#!/usr/bin/env python3.6 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # @Author: KevinMidboe # @Date: 2017-07-30 13:53:38 # @Last Modified by: KevinMidboe # @Last Modified time: 2017-07-30 13:53:46 import itertools from threading import Thread from time import sleep from sys import stdout class LoadingAnimation(object): def __init__(self): self.done = False def start(self): t = Thread(target=self.animate) t.start() def animate(self): for c in itertools.cycle(['|', '/', '-', '\\']): if self.done: break stdout.write('\rFetching ' + c) stdout.flush() sleep(0.1) def stop(self): self.done = True def main(): loadingAnimation = LoadingAnimation() loadingAnimation.start() sleep(2) loadingAnimation.stop() stdout.write('\rTemp \n') if __name__ == '__main__': main()