bit = "\xd8\xa3\xd9\x88\xd9\x87 \xd8\xa8\xd8\xaf\xd9\x8a\xd9\x84 \xd9\x85\xd9\x86 \xd9\x82\xd9\x88\xd9\x84\xd8\xaa\xd9\x8a \xd9\x88\xd8\xa7\xd9\x87\xd8\xa7" # here it is a byte but in str encode_bit = bytes(bit , "latin-1") # i can here say to the computer it is byte #then it will print the same words in but byte print(encode_bit) decode = encode_bit.decode() # and i can then decode it and get what i want print( decode ) bit = open("ss.txt","r") bit = bit.read() # but here i read the file and its hold the same bytes above encode_bits = bytes(bit , "latin-1") # but here when i want to say it is bytes it encode it so if it was /xa33 it will be //xa33 decode = encode_bits.decode() # and when i decode it i get /xa33 not the same first one print( decode)