python encode file to utf-8 code example
Example 1: python open encoding utf-8
from io import open
f = open("test", mode="r", encoding="utf-8")
Example 2: 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'))