Save Console contents as log.txt

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How do I output the entire contents of the Console window to a Text file when I'm done with it? I've tried searching for this but all I have come up with is a method to write the stream to a TextBox but I think that's a bit overkill, right?

Its simple to use a `TraceListener` to write to the console and a (buffered) file simultaneously — Alex K., Dec 03 '14 at 11:53
Look in here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4470700/how-to-save-console-writeline-output-to-text-file — Darien Pardinas, Dec 03 '14 at 11:53
Inject your own `TextWriter` to `Console.Out` using `Console.SetOut` — Sriram Sakthivel, Dec 03 '14 at 11:53

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 03 '14 at 11:52

You could simply redirect the output of your console application to a file from a command prompt like this

myApplication.exe > log.txt

EDIT: On linux you could use the "tee" command (allows you to both display the output of the application and redirect it to a file); you might be able to find a Windows implementation for that command but I haven't used one myself

Save Console contents as log.txt

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