.. title: Useful things to know--stdin, stdout, and stderr .. slug: thingstoknow .. date: 2009-07-30 18:54:08 .. tags: python, dev
I was reviewing something and learned that Python saves the original
sys.stdin
,
sys.stdout
,
and sys.stderr
as
sys.__stdin__
,
sys.__stdout__
,
and sys.__stderr__
respectively. That's pretty handy to
know. Works in at least Python 2.5 and up--I didn't test earlier
versions.