README.md

Ora output is not written to stdout.txt:

node main.js sub show > stdout.txt

main-sub.js

const cli = require('commander');
const ora = require('ora');
const sleep = ms => new Promise(res => setTimeout(res, ms));

cli
  .command('show')
  .description('log some text to stdout')
  .action(async (cmd) => {
    await sleep(2000);
    console.log('log text');
    ora().succeed('spinner text');
  })

cli.parse(process.argv);

main.js

const cli = require('commander');

async function main() {
  cli.command('sub', 'subcommand');
  cli.parse(process.argv);
}
main();

package.json

{
  "name": "cli-redirect",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "commander": "^2.15.1",
    "ora": "^2.1.0"
  }
}