Java console output - File And to Console BOTH

Question

Probably this thread is a duplicate but can someone guide? I want to write the java program output to console and file at the same time. I know that i can send output to console with this piece of code

    PrintStream orgStdout = null;
    PrintStream fileStdout = null;

    orgStdout = System.out;
    try {
        fileStdout = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream("C:\\testlogger.txt"));
        System.setOut(fileStdout);
        System.out.println("==============");
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++){
            System.out.println("" + i);
        }
        System.out.println("==============");
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

but how to keep output on console and on file as well??

P.S: not looking for an option where i output in file and display it console in different thread.

Should look into [log4j](http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/manual.html) — mre, Apr 29 '11 at 22:05

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 14 '15 at 03:18

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Look for TeeOutputStream from Apache Commons IO.

edited Jan 14 '15 at 03:18

kervin

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answered Apr 29 '11 at 22:08

Rom1

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There is no `TeeOutputStream` on that page. – modulitos Apr 29 '14 at 06:29
Fixed with Apache Commons IO JavaDoc link. – kervin Jan 14 '15 at 03:19

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '11 at 22:08

Don't call System.setOut(), and just make two calls to print. It's not very elegant, but you could make a method that outputs to both.

PrintStream orgStdout = null;
PrintStream fileStdout = null;

orgStdout = System.out;
try {
    fileStdout = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream("C:\\testlogger.txt"));
    System.out.println("==============");
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++){
        System.out.println("" + i);
        fileStdout.println("" + i);
    }
    System.out.println("==============");
    fileStdout.println("" + i);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

If you're running on a unix box, you could also use the tee command as long as everything is printed to stdout. You'd run your program like this:

java MyClass | tee testlogger.txt

Then everything printed to stdout goes to both the file and console.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 31 '17 at 08:23

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when you run your program

java {flags to the JVM} ClassName {parameters to your class} > output.txt 2> error.txt

answered Jan 31 '17 at 08:23

Jay Kumarr

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Java console output - File And to Console BOTH

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