Input hebrew text with diacritics (Nikud / Niqqud) and output the same text without it

remove_nikud.py

#pip install hebrew

import sys
from hebrew import Hebrew

def open_input_file_name(file_name):
    try:
        file = open(file_name, "r")        
        return file
    except FileNotFoundError:
        print("Error: Input file does not exist")
        sys.exit(1)

def open_output_file_name(file_name):
    try:
        file = open(file_name, "w")
        return file
    except:
        print("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0])
        sys.exit(1)

def remove_nikud(input_file, output_file):
    lines_processed = 0
    for line in input_file:
        no_nikud = Hebrew(line).no_niqqud().string
        output_file.write(no_nikud)
        lines_processed += 1
    return lines_processed

# Main
def main():
    print("Remove Nikud")
    print("============")
    #First argument is the file name
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print("Error: No input file name")
        sys.exit(1)
    input_file_name = sys.argv[1]
    input_file = open_input_file_name(input_file_name)
    
    #Second argument is the output file name
    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
        print("Error: No output file name")
        input_file.close()
        sys.exit(1)

    output_file_name = sys.argv[2]
    output_file = open_output_file_name(output_file_name)

    lines_processed = remove_nikud(input_file, output_file)
    print("Lines processed: " + str(lines_processed))
    input_file.close()
    output_file.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()