[Tutor] Backspace Escape Sequence; \b

[Peter Otten]

Garland W. Binns wrote:

> Could someone please tell me a common or semi-frequent scenario in which a
> person would use a backspace escape sequence?

Does

$ python -c 'print "this is b\bbo\bol\bld\bd"' | less

qualify? If you are using (e. g.) Linux this technique is used to show some 
text in boldface when you type something like

>>> help(str)

in Python's interactive interpreter.