How to view [Circular] in Node?

Question

In my console, I'm getting:

{
  'a': [Circular],
  'b': [Circular],
  'c': [Circular]
}

How can I see the contents of [Circular]? I've tried console.log(), util.inspect() and console.dir() and I'm still getting [Circular] instead of the actual content.

Edit: I'm trying to see the actual content, how many layers deep it goes, etc., for debugging purposes. Linked question does not address any of that.

Possible duplicate of [In Nodejs, when I console.log a req object, what does \[Circular\] reference? How to determine that](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6010173/in-nodejs-when-i-console-log-a-req-object-what-does-circular-reference-how) — DarkCeptor44, Oct 04 '19 at 05:00
I'm trying to see the actual content, how many layers deep it goes, etc., for debugging purposes. Linked question does not address any of that. — Scott, Oct 04 '19 at 05:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 04 '19 at 05:13

Basically that's recursion, as far as I know there is no way to possibly log a [Circular] reference (don't quote me on that), but if you could it would probably be like this:

{
  'a': {
    'a': {
      'a':{
        // never ending
      }
    }
  }
}

How to view [Circular] in Node?

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