How to capture stdout of a Python script executed with pythonw?

Question

When a script is executed with pythonw it will not open a console.

Is there a way to capture the stdout of such a script by keeping the usage of pythonw?

Note, I am looking for a solution that does not require the modification of the script (I know that I can use logging)

Update: pythonw script.py >somefile seems to work. How can I redirect it to console?

sorin · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-29 13:45:51Z

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It was obvious: pythonw script.py|more

answered Nov 29, 2011 at 13:45

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babbageclunk · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-29 13:02:22Z

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If you can change how you invoke it (as you do in the update), why don't you just run it with python instead of pythonw?

python script.py

answered Nov 29, 2011 at 13:02

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pythonw executes scripts in a different context and sometimes the scrip will behave different.

Seems like an odd thing for the script to do, but that's true I suppose.

Stop thinking about scripts as console-scripts, a python script can be a fully GUI application ;)

I realise that! :) What wasn't clear (to me) in your q. is that you aren't running the pythonw command in a console. But your solution makes sense.