Class redirect_stdout

Lib/contextlib.py:411–424

Context manager for temporarily redirecting stdout to another file. # How to send help() to stderr with redirect_stdout(sys.stderr): help(dir) # How to write help() to a file with open('help.txt', 'w') as f: with redirect_stdout(f):

class redirect_stdout(_RedirectStream):
    """Context manager for temporarily redirecting stdout to another file.

        # How to send help() to stderr
        with redirect_stdout(sys.stderr):
            help(dir)

        # How to write help() to a file
        with open('help.txt', 'w') as f:
            with redirect_stdout(f):
                help(pow)
    """

    _stream = "stdout"


class redirect_stderr(_RedirectStream):