CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
sprx2
sprx2

Reputation: 15

Console text to file (java)

This might have already been asked before, but I haven't found a solution that quite fits my situation.

I have a program that repeatedly prints questions to the user and waits for user input (all in console). I don't clear the screen after each question/response, so the result is all of the questions and the user's answers just sitting there in the console.

Now my question is how do I take whatever is in the console at that current moment and save it into a text file? The way that my program is currently setup makes it illogical to individually save all of my prints and the user's scanner inputs into a text file.

Is there a way to simply read whatever is in the console at that moment and save it into a text file?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 84

Answers (1)

Unmitigated
Unmitigated

Reputation: 89527

Instead of directly calling the System.out.print methods, you can create your own print method that both outputs to the console and stores what was output into a buffer. Then, you can directly write the buffer to a file when necessary.

Alternatively, System.setOut can be used in conjunction with Apache Commons TeeOutputStream.

Upvotes: 1

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