How to suppress Rails console/irb outputs
Solution 1
You can append ; nil
to your statements.
Example:
users = User.all; nil
irb
prints the return value of the last executed statement; thus in this case it'll print only nil
since nil
is the last executed valid statement.
Solution 2
In search of a solution how to silence the irb/console output, I also found an answer at austinruby.com:
silence irb:
conf.return_format = ""
default output:
conf.return_format = "=> %s\n"
limit to eg 512 chars:
conf.return_format = "=> limited output\n %.512s\n"
Solution 3
Here, add this to your ~/.irbrc:
require 'ctx'
require 'awesome_print'
module IRB
class Irb
ctx :ap do
def output_value()
ap(@context.last_value)
end
end
ctx :puts do
def output_value()
puts(@context.last_value)
end
end
ctx :p do
def output_value()
p(@context.last_value)
end
end
ctx :quiet do
def output_value()
end
end
end
end
def irb_mode(mode)
ctx(mode) { irb }
end
(Note: You must install the ctx
gem first, though awesome_print
is optional, of course.)
Now when you are on any console that uses irb, you can do the following:
Normal mode:
irb(main):001:0> { this:'is a complex object', that:[ { will:'probably'}, { be:'good to read' } ], in:{ some:{ formatted:'way'} } }
=> {:this=>"is a complex object", :that=>[{:will=>"probably"}, {:be=>"good to read"}], :in=>{:some=>{:formatted=>"way"}}}
...yep, just what you expect.
awesome_print
mode:
irb(main):002:0> irb_mode(:ap)
irb#1(main):001:0> { this:'is a complex object', that:[ { will:'probably'}, { be:'good to read' } ], in:{ some:{ formatted:'way'} } }
=> {
:this => "is a complex object",
:that => [
[0] {
:will => "probably"
},
[1] {
:be => "good to read"
}
],
:in => {
:some => {
:formatted => "way"
}
}
}
...wow, now everything is printing out awesomely! :)
Quiet mode:
irb#1(main):002:0> irb_mode(:quiet)
irb#1(main):001:0> { this:'is a complex object', that:[ { will:'probably'}, { be:'good to read' } ], in:{ some:{ formatted:'way'} } }
irb#1(main):002:0>
... whoah, no output at all? Nice.
Anyways, you can add whatever mode you like, and when you're finished with that mode, just exit
out or it, and you'll be back in the previous mode.
Hope that was helpful! :)
Solution 4
running the following within irb works for me:
irb_context.echo = false
Solution 5
irb --simple-prompt --noecho
--simple-prompt
- Uses a simple prompt - just>>
--noecho
- Suppresses the result of operations
ghtn
Updated on April 22, 2021Comments
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ghtn about 3 years
I was testing some DB entries in our production server in Rails Console where almost all the commands were producing a huge number of lines of output and causing the ssh channel to hang.
Is there a way to suppress the console/irb screenfuls?