how to write unicode to a txt file?

[Facundo Batista]

Frank Potter wrote:

> But it seems that python can't directly write unicode to a file,

You need to use the method open from module codecs:

>>> import codecs
>>> a = codecs.open("pru_uni.txt", "w", "utf-8")
>>> txt = unicode("campeón\n", "utf-8")
>>> a.write(txt)
>>> a.close()
>>> 

So, then, from command line:

facundo at expiron:~$ file pru_uni.txt 
pru_uni.txt: UTF-8 Unicode text

:)

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