convert_iso2utf8.py

# converts iso encoded text file to utf-8
import codecs

def convertfromiso(iso_filename, uft8_filename):
    data = codecs.open(iso_filename, 'r', 'iso-8859-1').read()
    codecs.open(uft8_filename, 'w', 'utf-8').write(data)

def main():
    convertfromiso('isofile.txt', 'new-utf8-file.txt')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()