contextlib.redirect_stderr()

contextlib.redirect_stderr() is a Python function in the Contextlib Module category. Redirects sys.stderr to a file or StringIO. The syntax is contextlib.redirect_stderr(new_target). Returns: Context manager. A typical example: with redirect_stderr(StringIO()) as err: print("error!", file=sys.stderr). A close sibling is contextlib.contextmanager(), which a decorator that creates a context manager from a generator function. A close sibling is contextlib.suppress(), which a context manager that suppresses specified exceptions. A close sibling is contextlib.redirect_stdout(), which redirects sys.stdout to a file or StringIO. A close sibling is contextlib.closing(), which a context manager that calls thing.close() on exit. More about this category: Context manager utilities — contextmanager, suppress, ExitStack. Related Contextlib Module entries: contextlib.contextmanager(), contextlib.suppress(), contextlib.redirect_stdout(), contextlib.closing(), contextlib.nullcontext(), contextlib.ExitStack(). This page is part of the free Python Reference documentation covering 978+ functions, methods, and modules with examples and parameter details. You can try contextlib.redirect_stderr() immediately in the Python playground, look up unfamiliar terms in the glossary, or return to the Python Reference homepage.