Log::Dispatch::Screen(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Log::Dispatch::Screen(3)

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  use Log::Dispatch;
  my $log = Log::Dispatch->new(
      outputs => [
          [
              'Screen',
              min_level => 'debug',
              stderr    => 1,
              newline   => 1
          ]
      ],
  );
  $log->alert("I'm searching the city for sci-fi wasabi");
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module provides an object for logging to the screen (really "STDOUT" or "STDERR").

Note that a newline will *not* be added automatically at the end of a message by default. To do that, pass "newline => 1".

# [CONSTRUCTOR](#CONSTRUCTOR)

The constructor takes the following parameters in addition to the standard parameters documented in Log::Dispatch::Output:

- stderr (0 or 1)
  
  Indicates whether or not logging information should go to "STDERR". If false, logging information is printed to "STDOUT" instead.
  
  This defaults to true.
- utf8 (0 or 1)
  
  If this is true, then the output will be encoded using the UTF-8 encoding. If you have *already* applied an encoding layer to the relevant filehandle, "STDOUT" or "STDERR", then your output will end up double-encoded if this is true.
  
  This defaults to false.

2026-10-24 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Log::Dispatch::Screen(3pm) from perl-log-dispatch 2.71-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/houseabsolute/Log-Dispatch