Update Feb 3, 2017
I've wrapped this into memory_util package. Example usage
# install memory util
import urllib.request
response = urllib.request.urlopen("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yaroslavvb/memory_util/master/memory_util.py")
open("memory_util.py", "wb").write(response.read())
import memory_util
sess = tf.Session()
a = tf.random_uniform((1000,))
b = tf.random_uniform((1000,))
c = a + b
with memory_util.capture_stderr() as stderr:
sess.run(c.op)
print(stderr.getvalue())
** Old stuff**
You could reuse FD redirector from IPython core. (idea from Mark Sandler)
import os
import sys
STDOUT = 1
STDERR = 2
class FDRedirector(object):
""" Class to redirect output (stdout or stderr) at the OS level using
file descriptors.
"""
def __init__(self, fd=STDOUT):
""" fd is the file descriptor of the outpout you want to capture.
It can be STDOUT or STERR.
"""
self.fd = fd
self.started = False
self.piper = None
self.pipew = None
def start(self):
""" Setup the redirection.
"""
if not self.started:
self.oldhandle = os.dup(self.fd)
self.piper, self.pipew = os.pipe()
os.dup2(self.pipew, self.fd)
os.close(self.pipew)
self.started = True
def flush(self):
""" Flush the captured output, similar to the flush method of any
stream.
"""
if self.fd == STDOUT:
sys.stdout.flush()
elif self.fd == STDERR:
sys.stderr.flush()
def stop(self):
""" Unset the redirection and return the captured output.
"""
if self.started:
self.flush()
os.dup2(self.oldhandle, self.fd)
os.close(self.oldhandle)
f = os.fdopen(self.piper, 'r')
output = f.read()
f.close()
self.started = False
return output
else:
return ''
def getvalue(self):
""" Return the output captured since the last getvalue, or the
start of the redirection.
"""
output = self.stop()
self.start()
return output
import tensorflow as tf
x = tf.constant([1,2,3])
a=tf.Print(x, [x])
redirect=FDRedirector(STDERR)
sess = tf.InteractiveSession()
redirect.start();
a.eval();
print "Result"
print redirect.stop()