I am using myFile.write("...") often and sometimes I'd like to see the output in the console rather than re-opening the updated file. I am using IDLE.

So, I'd like to know, instead of going and replacing myFile.write() with print() everywhere, can I replace the filename (output.txt) with something like STDIO when setting the myFile variable?

myFile = open("output.txt", "w")

• python

You can use the sys module...

import sys
myFile=sys.stdout
myFile.write("Hello!\n")

sys.stderr is also available.

Here you go: sys.stdout. Just use it like any other file handle. E.g.

print >> sys.stderr, "Hi! I'm an error!"