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python write txt utf8

import codecs

file = codecs.open("lol", "w", "utf-8")
file.write(u'ufeff')
file.close()

python print utf-8

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TestText = "Test - āĀēĒčČ..šŠūŪžŽ" # this not UTF-8...it is a Unicode string in Python 3.X.
TestText2 = TestText.encode('utf8') # this is a UTF-8-encoded byte string.

how to convert utf-16 file to utf-8 in python

with open(ff_name, 'rb') as source_file:
  with open(target_file_name, 'w+b') as dest_file:
    contents = source_file.read()
    dest_file.write(contents.decode('utf-16').encode('utf-8'))