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I am running VSCode in Ubuntu to debug a C++ program. Debugging a console app with GDB is working fine except I really want to capture the console log output to a file. I cannot see a way or option to do this. Is there any option to capture this console log output?

Arnav Borborah
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Since there does not seem to be a native feature to save the output of a VSCode terminal, maybe you can use in said terminal a command allowing you to save that session.

See for instance "Gdb print to file instead of stdout"

gdb core.3599 -ex bt -ex quit |& tee backtrace.log

As mentioned, the output is written to backtrace.log and also on the screen.

As the OP Andy Tomlin mentions in the comments, this is not compatible with a debugger session.

We solved the problem by just handling it inside the app and redirecting cout internally to a file.

VonC
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  • As vscode is launching the application there is no opportunity to tee the output. – Andy Tomlin Jun 12 '18 at 18:30
  • @AndyTomlin Sure, but could you launch the app from a VSCode regular terminal, just for testing? – VonC Jun 12 '18 at 18:31
  • We are running the debugger. We solved the problem by just handling it inside the app and redirecting cout internally to a file. Not very satisfying but a work around for now. – Andy Tomlin Jun 13 '18 at 00:26
  • @AndyTomlin OK. I have included your comment in the answer for more visibility. – VonC Jun 13 '18 at 00:28