How to handle both `with open(…)` and `sys.stdout` nicely?

Question

Often I need to output data either to file or, if file is not specified, to stdout. I use the following snippet:

if target:
    with open(target, \'w\') as h         


        

Answer 1

How about opening a new fd for sys.stdout? This way you won't have any problems closing it:

if not target:
    target = "/dev/stdout"
with open(target, 'w') as f:
    f.write(content)