# Custom test output

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/custom-test-output/149298>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 23, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/custom-test-output/149298 "2008-09-23T11:56:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidtl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/35a633/32.png) [@davidtl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidtl)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/custom-test-output/149298/1 "2008-09-23T11:56:17Z")

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I would like some of my functional tests to output something additional  
to the standard output. It could be directly in the terminal, in the  
test log, or somewhere else. How can I do that?

Thanks in advance! (:

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**Author:** ![davidtl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/35a633/32.png) [@davidtl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidtl)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/custom-test-output/149298/2 "2008-09-23T12:05:15Z")

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RAILS\_DEFAULT\_LOGGER.info “some text or whatever”  
would work and output to test.log

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**Author:** ![davidtl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/35a633/32.png) [@davidtl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidtl)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/custom-test-output/149298/3 "2008-09-23T14:46:31Z")

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Thorsten M. wrote:

> RAILS\_DEFAULT\_LOGGER.info “some text or whatever”  
> would work and output to test.log

Thanks! Works fine and my bug is fixed.