recode.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# recode.py
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"""
Helper to enforce a given encoding on the output of a process, run with --help for detail
"""

import argparse
import sys

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Helper to enforce a given encoding on the output of a process')
parser.add_argument('--encoding', default='utf8', help='Select the output encoding')
args = parser.parse_args()

sys.stdin.reconfigure(errors='ignore')
while True:
    buf = sys.stdin.read(256)
    if not buf:
        break
    buf = buf.encode(args.encoding, errors='replace').decode(errors='replace')
    sys.stdout.write(buf)

sys.stdout.flush()