Redirect stdout to a file in Python?

Question

How do I redirect stdout to an arbitrary file in Python?

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Answer 1

If you want to do the redirection within the Python script, setting sys.stdout to a file object does the trick:

import sys
sys.stdout = open('file', 'w')
print('test')

A far more common method is to use shell redirection when executing (same on Windows and Linux):

$ python foo.py > file