.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_misc_print_stdout_sgskip.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_misc_print_stdout_sgskip.py:


============
Print Stdout
============

print png to standard out

usage: python print_stdout.py > somefile.png


.. code-block:: default


    import sys
    import matplotlib
    matplotlib.use('Agg')
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    plt.plot([1, 2, 3])
    plt.savefig(sys.stdout.buffer)


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_misc_print_stdout_sgskip.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: print_stdout_sgskip.py <print_stdout_sgskip.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: print_stdout_sgskip.ipynb <print_stdout_sgskip.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_