Setting the style of the output in a text file

Question

My problem is related to FormatType of the Output of Print[].

Look at this example code

i = 4;
Print["Try", "\tPippo : ", i, "\nPluto"]

The output is

If instead I send the output to another stream through

$Output = OpenWrite["demo.txt"]

and then I evaluate again the Print command, the output in the file “demo.txt” looks like the following

How can I save the text in the same style it appears in Mathematica?

For example, I want my text file to look like

does adding the option FormatType -> OutputForm, that is, using $Output = OpenWrite["demo2.txt", FormatType -> OutputForm] give you what you need? — kglr, Commented Jan 23, 2018 at 16:00
I used FormatType -> OutputForm in the Print[] and it didn't work! thank you — apt45, Commented Jan 23, 2018 at 16:30
FYI the reason this is not readily found in the Print documentation is that you normally would use Write for direct writing to files. — george2079, Commented Jan 23, 2018 at 18:10

kglr · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-23 16:31:11Z

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Using

$Output = OpenWrite["demo2.txt", FormatType -> OutputForm]

gives the desired result.

answered Jan 23, 2018 at 16:31

kglr

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$\begingroup$ Is there a way to output FullForm. Just putting Value of option FormatType -> FullForm gives "FormatType::ftype: Value of option FormatType -> FullForm is not valid.". $\endgroup$
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Commented May 21, 2023 at 18:47

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