# Not working: \`\`redirect\_stdout(IOBuffer()) do ... end\`\`

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-working-redirect-stdout-iobuffer-do-end/34841>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [February 19, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-working-redirect-stdout-iobuffer-do-end/34841 "2020-02-19T07:17:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/not-working-redirect-stdout-iobuffer-do-end/34841/1 "2020-02-19T07:17:03Z")

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Just wanted to use `redirect_stdout` function on `IOBuffer` but this fails…

can we transform an `IOBuffer` to stream type recognized by `redirect_stdout`?