Currently I am using a callback in an sftp->put call. This is CGI based, ad I would like to find a way to display my progress message in the same place in the html page, i.e. overwrite the last message, but clear it first. So far I have gotten to the point where I can overwrite the last message, but I cannot clear what was printed before, so it becomes a garbled mess. I am using Netscape 4.76. I am not adverse to using javascript or DHTML to accomplish this, but I have no clue how to do so.
The following is the code of interest: 

use Net::SFTP;

sub progress{
my ($sftp, $data, $offset, $total) = @_;
my $num_width = length $total;
select STDOUT;
$|=1;
print "<layer>Wrote $offset bytes of $total</layer>";
}

sftp->put($File, $RemoteFile, \&progress);

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In reply to CGI sftp callback progress meter(?) by ChipmunkCHeeks

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