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Reassigning global $stdout to console - ruby
test.rb :
   old_stdout = $stdout
    $stdout.reopen("mytestfile.out",'w+')
       puts "this goes in mytestfile"
    $stdout= old_stdout
puts "this should be on the console"
    $stdout.reopen("mytestfile1.out",'w+')
       puts "this goes in mytestfile1:"
    $stdout = old_stdout
 puts "this should be back on the console"

ruby test.rb => no output on the console
cat mytestfile.out
  this goes in mytestfile
  this should be on the console
cat  mytestfile1.out
  this goes in mytestfile1:
  this should be back on the console

old_stdout = $stdout.dup
$stdout.reopen("mytestfile.out",'w+')
puts "this goes in mytestfile"
$stdout = old_stdout.dup
puts "this should be on the console"
$stdout.reopen("mytestfile1.out",'w+')
puts "this goes in mytestfile1:"
$stdout = old_stdout
puts "this should be back on the console"

ruby test.rb
# => this should be on the console
# => this should be back on the console
cat mytestfile.out
# => this goes in mytestfile
cat mytestfile1.out
# => this goes in mytestfile1

# Runs a block of code while blocking stdout.
# Note that /dev/null should be changed to NUL on Windows.
def silence_stdout(log = '/dev/null')
  old = $stdout.dup
  $stdout.reopen(File.new(log, 'w'))
  yield
  $stdout = old
end

silence_stdout 'mytestfile.out' do
  puts "this goes in mytestfile"
end

puts "this should be on the console"

silence_stdout 'mytestfile1.out' do
  puts "this goes in mytestfile1"
end

puts "this should be back on the console"

old_stdout = $stdout
$stdout = File.new("mytestfile.out",'w+')
puts "this goes in mytestfile"
$stdout = old_stdout
puts "this should be on the console"
$stdout = File.new("mytestfile1.out",'w+')
puts "this goes in mytestfile1:"
$stdout = old_stdout
puts "this should be back on the console"