How to set Jupyter notebook output back to output cells? [duplicate]

Question

How do I set a Jupyter notebook's output back to the output cells after sending its output to a file?

Sending its output to a file:

sys.stdout = open(filename, 'w') print "stuff"

Sending its output back to the output cells:

sys.stdout = ? print "hopefully this is in an output cell now"

Possible duplicate of Redirect stdout to a file in Python? The second answer is much better than the accepted one, as it ensures proper cleanup and avoids having to write a bunch of manual code. — jpmc26
– jpmc26, Commented Sep 25, 2019 at 13:42

Matt Kleinsmith · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-18 13:47:11Z

Use a temporary variable:

stdout_backup = sys.stdout

Sending its output to a file:

sys.stdout = open(filename, 'w') print "stuff"

Sending its output back to the output cells:

sys.stdout = stdout_backup print "this is in an output cell now"

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