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

Here is a variation of Yuda Prawira answer:

• implement flush() and all the file attributes
• write it as a contextmanager
• capture stderr also

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import contextlib, sys

@contextlib.contextmanager
def log_print(file):
    # capture all outputs to a log file while still printing it
    class Logger:
        def __init__(self, file):
            self.terminal = sys.stdout
            self.log = file

        def write(self, message):
            self.terminal.write(message)
            self.log.write(message)

        def __getattr__(self, attr):
            return getattr(self.terminal, attr)

    logger = Logger(file)

    _stdout = sys.stdout
    _stderr = sys.stderr
    sys.stdout = logger
    sys.stderr = logger
    try:
        yield logger.log
    finally:
        sys.stdout = _stdout
        sys.stderr = _stderr


with log_print(open('mylogfile.log', 'w')):
    print('hello world')
    print('hello world on stderr', file=sys.stderr)

# you can capture the output to a string with:
# with log_print(io.StringIO()) as log:
#   ....
#   print('[captured output]', log.getvalue())