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Catches stdout and stderr for ruby blocks.
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OStreamCatcher

Catches stdout and stderr for ruby blocks.

Installation

Add this to your Gemfile:

gem 'o_stream_catcher'

Example

    require 'o_stream_catcher'

    result, stdout, stderr = OStreamCatcher.catch do
      print "Hello World!"
      42
    end

    result # => 42
    stdout # => "Hello World!"

Further reading

For a more detailed description of this gem and it's source, see this article on my blog.

TODO

  • Add an option to read caught output without muting it.