[#fs-operator_lshift]
= xref:fs.adoc[fs]::operator<<
:relfileprefix: ../
:mrdocs:

Stream insertion operator

== Synopsis

Declared in `<util/fs.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<
    class _CharT,
    class _Traits>
[[__visibility__, __exclude_from_explicit_instantiation__, __abi_tag__]]
basic_ostream<_CharT, _Traits>&
operator<<(
    basic_ostream<_CharT, _Traits>& __os,
    xref:fs/path.adoc[path] const& __p);
----

[NOTE]
====
This function is a https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/friend[hidden friend] of xref:fs/path.adoc[path], declared inside its base class path: it can be found only through argument-dependent lookup.
====

== Return Value

Reference to the current output stream

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *__os*
| An output stream
| *__p*
| The object to output
|===


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