diff --git a/lib/command.js b/lib/command.js
index 3dfd788c..7a3b86c1 100644
--- a/lib/command.js
+++ b/lib/command.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (function() {
-  var ALL_SWITCHES, BANNER, CoffeeScript, DEPRECATED_SWITCHES, EventEmitter, SWITCHES, compileOptions, compileScript, compileScripts, compileStdio, exec, fs, helpers, lint, optionParser, optparse, opts, parseOptions, path, printTokens, sources, spawn, usage, version, watch, writeJs, _ref;
+  var ALL_SWITCHES, BANNER, CoffeeScript, DEPRECATED_SWITCHES, EventEmitter, SWITCHES, compileOptions, compileScript, compileScripts, compileStdio, exec, fs, helpers, lint, optionParser, optparse, opts, parseOptions, path, printLine, printTokens, printWarn, sources, spawn, usage, version, watch, writeJs, _ref;
   fs = require('fs');
   path = require('path');
   helpers = require('./helpers');
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
   _ref = require('child_process'), spawn = _ref.spawn, exec = _ref.exec;
   EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
   helpers.extend(CoffeeScript, new EventEmitter);
+  printLine = function(line) {
+    return process.stdout.write(line + '\n');
+  };
+  printWarn = function(line) {
+    return process.binding('stdio').writeError(line + '\n');
+  };
   BANNER = 'Usage: coffee [options] path/to/script.coffee';
   SWITCHES = [['-c', '--compile', 'compile to JavaScript and save as .js files'], ['-i', '--interactive', 'run an interactive CoffeeScript REPL'], ['-o', '--output [DIR]', 'set the directory for compiled JavaScript'], ['-w', '--watch', 'watch scripts for changes, and recompile'], ['-p', '--print', 'print the compiled JavaScript to stdout'], ['-l', '--lint', 'pipe the compiled JavaScript through JSLint'], ['-s', '--stdio', 'listen for and compile scripts over stdio'], ['-e', '--eval', 'compile a string from the command line'], ['-r', '--require [FILE*]', 'require a library before executing your script'], ['-b', '--bare', 'compile without the top-level function wrapper'], ['-t', '--tokens', 'print the tokens that the lexer produces'], ['-n', '--nodes', 'print the parse tree that Jison produces'], ['-v', '--version', 'display CoffeeScript version'], ['-h', '--help', 'display this help message']];
   DEPRECATED_SWITCHES = [['--no-wrap', 'compile without the top-level function wrapper']];
@@ -109,14 +115,14 @@
       if (o.tokens) {
         return printTokens(CoffeeScript.tokens(t.input));
       } else if (o.nodes) {
-        return console.log(CoffeeScript.nodes(t.input).toString().trim());
+        return printLine(CoffeeScript.nodes(t.input).toString().trim());
       } else if (o.run) {
         return CoffeeScript.run(t.input, t.options);
       } else {
         t.output = CoffeeScript.compile(t.input, t.options);
         CoffeeScript.emit('success', task);
         if (o.print) {
-          return console.log(t.output.trim());
+          return printLine(t.output.trim());
         } else if (o.compile) {
           return writeJs(t.file, t.output, base);
         } else if (o.lint) {
@@ -129,9 +135,9 @@
         return;
       }
       if (o.watch) {
-        return console.log(err.message);
+        return printLine(err.message);
       }
-      console.error(err.stack);
+      printWarn(err.stack);
       return process.exit(1);
     }
   };
@@ -177,9 +183,9 @@
       }
       return fs.writeFile(jsPath, js, function(err) {
         if (err) {
-          return console.log(err.message);
+          return printLine(err.message);
         } else if (opts.compile && opts.watch) {
-          return console.log("Compiled " + source);
+          return printLine("Compiled " + source);
         }
       });
     };
@@ -194,7 +200,7 @@
   lint = function(file, js) {
     var conf, jsl, printIt;
     printIt = function(buffer) {
-      return console.log(file + ':\t' + buffer.toString().trim());
+      return printLine(file + ':\t' + buffer.toString().trim());
     };
     conf = __dirname + '/../extras/jsl.conf';
     jsl = spawn('jsl', ['-nologo', '-stdin', '-conf', conf]);
@@ -214,7 +220,7 @@
       }
       return _results;
     }();
-    return console.log(strings.join(' '));
+    return printLine(strings.join(' '));
   };
   parseOptions = function() {
     var o;
@@ -225,7 +231,7 @@
     o.print = !!(o.print || (o.eval || o.stdio && o.compile));
     sources = o.arguments;
     if (opts['no-wrap']) {
-      return console.warn('--no-wrap is deprecated; please use --bare instead.');
+      return printWarn('--no-wrap is deprecated; please use --bare instead.');
     }
   };
   compileOptions = function(fileName) {
@@ -235,11 +241,11 @@
     };
   };
   usage = function() {
-    console.log((new optparse.OptionParser(SWITCHES, BANNER)).help());
+    printLine((new optparse.OptionParser(SWITCHES, BANNER)).help());
     return process.exit(0);
   };
   version = function() {
-    console.log("CoffeeScript version " + CoffeeScript.VERSION);
+    printLine("CoffeeScript version " + CoffeeScript.VERSION);
     return process.exit(0);
   };
 }).call(this);
diff --git a/src/command.coffee b/src/command.coffee
index 00c039e6..9a7711d7 100644
--- a/src/command.coffee
+++ b/src/command.coffee
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ CoffeeScript   = require './coffee-script'
 # Allow CoffeeScript to emit Node.js events.
 helpers.extend CoffeeScript, new EventEmitter
 
+printLine = (line) -> process.stdout.write line + '\n'
+printWarn = (line) -> process.binding('stdio').writeError line + '\n'
+
 # The help banner that is printed when `coffee` is called without arguments.
 BANNER = '''
   Usage: coffee [options] path/to/script.coffee
@@ -103,19 +106,19 @@ compileScript = (file, input, base) ->
     t = task = {file, input, options}
     CoffeeScript.emit 'compile', task
     if      o.tokens      then printTokens CoffeeScript.tokens t.input
-    else if o.nodes       then console.log CoffeeScript.nodes(t.input).toString().trim()
+    else if o.nodes       then printLine CoffeeScript.nodes(t.input).toString().trim()
     else if o.run         then CoffeeScript.run t.input, t.options
     else
       t.output = CoffeeScript.compile t.input, t.options
       CoffeeScript.emit 'success', task
-      if o.print          then console.log t.output.trim()
+      if o.print          then printLine t.output.trim()
       else if o.compile   then writeJs t.file, t.output, base
       else if o.lint      then lint t.file, t.output
   catch err
     CoffeeScript.emit 'failure', err, task
     return if CoffeeScript.listeners('failure').length
-    return console.log err.message if o.watch
-    console.error err.stack
+    return printLine err.message if o.watch
+    printWarn err.stack
     process.exit 1
 
 # Attach the appropriate listeners to compile scripts incoming over **stdin**,
@@ -150,15 +153,15 @@ writeJs = (source, js, base) ->
   compile   = ->
     js = ' ' if js.length <= 0
     fs.writeFile jsPath, js, (err) ->
-      if err then console.log err.message
-      else if opts.compile and opts.watch then console.log "Compiled #{source}"
+      if err then printLine err.message
+      else if opts.compile and opts.watch then printLine "Compiled #{source}"
   path.exists dir, (exists) ->
     if exists then compile() else exec "mkdir -p #{dir}", compile
 
 # Pipe compiled JS through JSLint (requires a working `jsl` command), printing
 # any errors or warnings that arise.
 lint = (file, js) ->
-  printIt = (buffer) -> console.log file + ':\t' + buffer.toString().trim()
+  printIt = (buffer) -> printLine file + ':\t' + buffer.toString().trim()
   conf = __dirname + '/../extras/jsl.conf'
   jsl = spawn 'jsl', ['-nologo', '-stdin', '-conf', conf]
   jsl.stdout.on 'data', printIt
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ printTokens = (tokens) ->
   strings = for token in tokens
     [tag, value] = [token[0], token[1].toString().replace(/\n/, '\\n')]
     "[#{tag} #{value}]"
-  console.log strings.join(' ')
+  printLine strings.join(' ')
 
 # Use the [OptionParser module](optparse.html) to extract all options from
 # `process.argv` that are specified in `SWITCHES`.
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ parseOptions = ->
   o.print       = !!  (o.print or (o.eval or o.stdio and o.compile))
   sources       = o.arguments
   if opts['no-wrap']
-    console.warn '--no-wrap is deprecated; please use --bare instead.'
+    printWarn '--no-wrap is deprecated; please use --bare instead.'
 
 # The compile-time options to pass to the CoffeeScript compiler.
 compileOptions = (fileName) -> {fileName, bare: opts.bare or opts['no-wrap']}
@@ -191,10 +194,10 @@ compileOptions = (fileName) -> {fileName, bare: opts.bare or opts['no-wrap']}
 # Print the `--help` usage message and exit. Deprecated switches are not
 # shown.
 usage = ->
-  console.log (new optparse.OptionParser SWITCHES, BANNER).help()
+  printLine (new optparse.OptionParser SWITCHES, BANNER).help()
   process.exit 0
 
 # Print the `--version` message and exit.
 version = ->
-  console.log "CoffeeScript version #{CoffeeScript.VERSION}"
+  printLine "CoffeeScript version #{CoffeeScript.VERSION}"
   process.exit 0
diff --git a/test/test_compilation.coffee b/test/test_compilation.coffee
index 078ab648..b8669f1f 100644
--- a/test/test_compilation.coffee
+++ b/test/test_compilation.coffee
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{ exec } = require 'child_process'
+
 # Ensure that carriage returns don't break compilation on Windows.
 eq CoffeeScript.compile('one\r\ntwo', bare: on), 'one;\ntwo;'
 
@@ -12,3 +14,9 @@ catch e then eq e.message, 'unclosed CALL_START on line 1'
 
 eq CoffeeScript.compile('for all k of o then', bare: on, globals: on),
    'for (k in o) {}'
+
+#875: %d and %s in strings causes node.js to apply formatting
+cmd = process.argv[1].replace /cake$/, 'coffee'
+exec "#{cmd} -bpe  \"'%d isnt %s'\"", (error, stdout, stderr) ->
+  throw error if error
+  eq stdout.trim(), "'%d isnt %s';"