How to set Jupyter notebook output back to output cells?

Question

How do I set a Jupyter notebook's output back to the output cells after sending its output to a file?

Sending its output to a file:

sys.stdout = open(filename, 'w')
print "stuff"

Sending its output back to the output cells:

sys.stdout = ?
print "hopefully this is in an output cell now"

Possible duplicate of [Redirect stdout to a file in Python?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4675728/redirect-stdout-to-a-file-in-python) The second answer is much better than the accepted one, as it ensures proper cleanup and avoids having to write a bunch of manual code. — jpmc26, Sep 25 '19 at 13:42

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 18 '17 at 13:47

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Use a temporary variable:

stdout_backup = sys.stdout

Sending its output to a file:

sys.stdout = open(filename, 'w')
print "stuff"

Sending its output back to the output cells:

sys.stdout = stdout_backup
print "this is in an output cell now"

answered Jan 18 '17 at 13:47

Matt Kleinsmith

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