.. _pylab_examples-print_stdout:

pylab_examples example code: print_stdout.py
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[`source code <print_stdout.py>`_]

::

    # -*- noplot -*-
    # print png to standard out
    # usage: python print_stdout.py > somefile.png
    
    import sys
    import matplotlib
    matplotlib.use('Agg')
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    plt.plot([1, 2, 3])
    
    if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
        plt.savefig(sys.stdout.buffer)
    else:
        plt.savefig(sys.stdout)
    

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