How to write CSV output to stdout?

python python-3.x stdout
jsf80238 picture jsf80238 · May 14, 2014 · Viewed 28.1k times · Source

I know I can write a CSV file with something like:

with open('some.csv', 'w', newline='') as f:

How would I instead write that output to stdout?

Answer

Lev Levitsky picture Lev Levitsky · May 14, 2014

sys.stdout is a file object corresponding to the program's standard output. You can use its write() method. Note that it's probably not necessary to use the with statement, because stdout does not have to be opened or closed.

So, if you need to create a csv.writer object, you can just say:

import sys
spamwriter = csv.writer(sys.stdout)

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