Disable dbutils.fs.put() write to console "Wrote x bytes"

[Jfoxyyc]

Hey all, does anyone know how to suppress the output of dbutils.fs.put() ?

[Aviral-Bhardwaj]

what mean by suppress , can you please share code block

[Jfoxyyc]

write dbutils.fs.put('abfs://some_address_to_some_abfs_location_you_have/helloworld.txt','Hello World',True) and notice that it outputs "Wrote X bytes." to the console stdout. I don't want "Wrote X bytes" to be written to the console.

You can suppress dbutils.fs.put()'s output by setting sys.stdout = open("/dev/null","w") and just writing it out somewhere useless, but this doesn't work in a threaded application.

I could suppress the output by getting rid of sys.stdout like above, and then use logging, and write warnings, but I'd rather not have a warning written as I'm using warnings and errors for other purposes.

[Anonymous]

Hi @Jordan Fox​ 

Hope all is well! Just wanted to check in if you were able to resolve your issue and would you be happy to share the solution or mark an answer as best? Else please let us know if you need more help. 

We'd love to hear from you.

Thanks!

[Jfoxyyc]

No, have not resolved the issue. Still Wrote 105783245 bytes. If dbutils.fs.put(), which is:

put(file: String, contents: String, overwrite: boolean = false): boolean -> Writes the given String out to a file, encoded in UTF-8

Could instead be:

put(file: String, contents: String, overwrite: boolean = false, verbose: boolean = true): boolean -> Writes the given String out to a file, encoded in UTF-8, defaults message to stdout unless verbose=false

That would be great.

[Kaniz · Accepted solution]

Hi @Jordan Fox​ , Thank you for your detailed explanation.

dbutils.fs.put() is a method in Databricks that allows you to write a file to DBFS (Databricks File System).

DBFS is a distributed file system integrated with Databricks and provides a scalable and reliable way to store and access data.

The dbutils.fs.put takes just three arguments:-

1. Path - the path of the file to be written to DBFS.
2. Data - The data to be reported to the file. This can be a string, a byte array, or a file-like object.
3. Overwrite - A boolean value indicating whether to overwrite the file if it already exists. If set to true, the file will be overwritten; if set to false, an error will be thrown if the file already exists.

It does not take the 4th argument as of now. We will take down your suggestions and update them soon.

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