hide input and only display output (PYTHON) as well as another small issue

Question

I am creating an nslookup utility tool in python using socket.

Code:

import socket


while True:
    try:
        server = input()
        ip_addr = socket.gethostbyname(server)
        print(server, ip_addr, '\n')
    except socket.gaierror:
        print(server, 'unable to find ip')
        break

returns:

google.com google.com 172.217.8.14

yahoo.com yahoo.com 98.138.219.231

domain.domain.domain domain.domain.domain unable to find ip

stackoverflow.com

So I want to hide the input so that only the following is displayed:

google.com 172.217.8.14

yahoo.com 98.138.219.231

domain.domain.domain unable to find ip

I also noticed that the last entry never gets ran through the script and I have to manually hit enter for "stackoverflow.com" to lookup the IP. Is there anyway around that?

I appreciate any help in advance! Thanks!

I should note that it looks like the input and output are on one line but I messed up on the formatting. the first address is above the output and ip. — avgnetmin, Jun 04 '20 at 14:33
From the answer to [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18248142/what-can-i-use-to-go-one-line-break-back-in-a-terminal-in-python): Use `\033[1A` . I was not able to get rid of a space character for some reason I don't understand yet. — David Wierichs, Jun 04 '20 at 14:46

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 05 '20 at 09:42

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Just don’t print the server name, this will work:

import socket


while True:
    try:
        server = input()
        ip_addr = socket.gethostbyname(server)
        print(ip_addr, '\n')
    except socket.gaierror:
        print('unable to find ip')
        break

Also you have to hit enter, the interpreter can’t understand when you are done writing

edited Jun 05 '20 at 09:42

jonrsharpe

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answered Jun 04 '20 at 14:38

ArcticFox

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This is what I had initially and while this works, I am trying to get the output "server, ip_addr" to display on one line! – avgnetmin Jun 04 '20 at 14:41
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@avgnetmin You could could use this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q76eeh4l2p46o54/Code.py?dl=0 – ArcticFox Jun 04 '20 at 15:57
This is awesome! – avgnetmin Jun 04 '20 at 16:44

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 04 '20 at 14:41

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You could try to use getpass instead of input if this is want you want.

e.g

import getpass.getpass

server = getpass()

answered Jun 04 '20 at 14:41

JuicyMilk

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but I would prefer to use @ArcticFox's answer edit: but only if you not want to hide the output itself but don't want to see the domain 2 times – JuicyMilk Jun 04 '20 at 14:41

hide input and only display output (PYTHON) as well as another small issue

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