From 6477e1e8af1c0a9e78707a66c96e43f94d47067f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Priyanshu Rav <77456300+priyanshurav@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:49:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: preserve script output lacking a final newline

---
 lib/utils/display.js      | 5 ++---
 test/lib/utils/display.js | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/utils/display.js b/lib/utils/display.js
index 122a7f6e8c577..a09790171ec6f 100644
--- a/lib/utils/display.js
+++ b/lib/utils/display.js
@@ -543,9 +543,8 @@ class Progress {
     if (!this.#rendered) {
       return
     }
-    // Move to the start of the line and clear the rest of the line
-    this.#stream.cursorTo(0)
-    this.#stream.clearLine(1)
+    // Erase the last printed character
+    this.#stream.write('\b \b')
     this.#rendered = false
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/display.js b/test/lib/utils/display.js
index 89c4a85502849..39167dea1f073 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/display.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/display.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ t.test('can do progress', async (t) => {
   log.error('', 'after input')
   output.standard('after input')
 
-  t.strictSame([...new Set(outputErrors)].sort(), ['-', '/', '\\', '|'])
+  t.strictSame([...new Set(outputErrors)].sort(), ['\b \b', '-', '/', '\\', '|'])
   t.strictSame(logs, ['error before input', 'error during input', 'error after input'])
   t.strictSame(outputs, ['before input', 'during input', 'after input'])
 })