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PR-URL: #4225
Reviewed-By: Brian White <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
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Trott authored and Myles Borins committed Dec 30, 2015
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var Console = require('console').Console;
var Console = console.Console;

You can use `Console` class to custom simple logger like `console`, but with
different output streams.
You can use the `Console` class to create a simple logger like `console` but
with different output streams.

### new Console(stdout[, stderr])

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$ node script.js 2> error.log | tee info.log

In daily use, the blocking/non-blocking dichotomy is not something you
should worry about unless you log huge amounts of data.
Typically, the blocking/non-blocking dichotomy is not something you should
worry about unless you log huge amounts of data.

### console.assert(value[, message][, ...])

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### console.dir(obj[, options])

Uses [`util.inspect()`][] on `obj` and prints resulting string to stdout. This function
bypasses any custom `inspect()` function on `obj`. An optional *options* object
may be passed that alters certain aspects of the formatted string:
Uses [`util.inspect()`][] on `obj` and prints the resulting string to stdout.
This function bypasses any custom `inspect()` function on `obj`. An optional
`options` object may be passed that alters certain aspects of the formatted
string:

- `showHidden` - if `true` then the object's non-enumerable and symbol
properties will be shown too. Defaults to `false`.

- `depth` - tells `inspect` how many times to recurse while formatting the
object. This is useful for inspecting large complicated objects. Defaults to
`2`. To make it recurse indefinitely pass `null`.
`2`. To make it recurse indefinitely, pass `null`.

- `colors` - if `true`, then the output will be styled with ANSI color codes.
Defaults to `false`. Colors are customizable, see [customizing `util.inspect()` colors][].
Defaults to `false`. Colors are customizable; see
[customizing `util.inspect()` colors][].

### console.error([data][, ...])

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### console.log([data][, ...])

Prints to stdout with newline. This function can take multiple arguments in a
`printf()`-like way. Example:
`printf()`-like way:

var count = 5;
console.log('count: %d', count);
// prints 'count: 5'

If formatting elements are not found in the first string then [`util.inspect()`][]
is used on each argument. See [`util.format()`][] for more information.
If formatting elements are not found in the first string then
[`util.inspect()`][] is used on each argument. See [`util.format()`][] for more
information.

### console.time(label)

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### console.timeEnd(label)

Stops a timer that was previously started by calling
[`console.time()`][] and prints the result to the
console.

Example:
Stops a timer that was previously started by calling [`console.time()`][] and
prints the result to the console:

console.time('100-elements');
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
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