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Thinking in Java
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Redirecting standard I/O

The Java System class allows you to redirect the standard input, output, and error I/O streams using simple static method calls:

setIn(InputStream)
setOut(PrintStream)
setErr(PrintStream)

Redirecting output is especially useful if you suddenly start creating a large amount of output on your screen, and it’s scrolling past faster than you can read it.[64] Redirecting input is valuable for a command-line program in which you want to test a particular user-input sequence repeatedly. Here’s a simple example that shows the use of these methods:

//: c12:Redirecting.java
// Demonstrates standard I/O redirection.
// {Clean: test.out}
import java.io.*;

public class Redirecting {
  // Throw exceptions to console:
  public static void main(String[] args)
  throws IOException {
    PrintStream console = System.out;
    BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(
      new FileInputStream("Redirecting.java"));
    PrintStream out = new PrintStream(
      new BufferedOutputStream(
        new FileOutputStream("test.out")));
    System.setIn(in);
    System.setOut(out);
    System.setErr(out);
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
      new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    String s;
    while((s = br.readLine()) != null)
      System.out.println(s);
    out.close(); // Remember this!
    System.setOut(console);
  }
} ///:~


This program attaches standard input to a file and redirects standard output and standard error to another file.

I/O redirection manipulates streams of bytes, not streams of characters, thus InputStreams and OutputStreams are used rather than Readers and Writers.
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