Stdout

Handle for the process's standard output, obtained as shell.stdout.

Methods

write data

Writes bytes verbatim and reports how many were written.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
data	Str|Bin	Bytes to write

Returns: Int — bytes written. For a Str, this is the UTF-8 byte count, not the character count.

Errors:

• Raises TypeError for anything other than a Str or Bin.

shell.stdout.write "no newline"
shell.stdout.write b"\x00\x01\xff"
assert_eq (shell.stdout.write "héllo") 6

flush()

Flushes buffered output to the stream.

Worth calling when interleaving with unbuffered console output, whose ordering relative to buffered stdout is otherwise not guaranteed. The interpreter flushes on exit.

Operators

Sink

Stdout is a sink, so it can be the target of a pipeline or of strand.put. Unlike write, values put into it are framed per the ambient I/O mode: in :LINE: mode each value is written with a trailing line ending, and Bin values are always written verbatim.

shell.stdout.put "hello"