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I have a csv file in hand. When I ran 'file -i filename', it shows that it's encoded as us-ascii. But when I ran cat filename | csvcut -t -e us-ascii, I got an error:



"Your file is not "us-ascii" encoded. Please specify the correct encoding with the -e flag or with the PYTHONIOENCODING environment variable"



csvkit documentation can be found here.



I also found the file has HEX codes like 0xd1, which caused some issues. So how do I find the correct encoding of this file? Ideally I would like to convert it to utf-8 encoding. What shall do?






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  • For example include a part of your txt file in your question.
    – Ipor Sircer
    Sep 10 at 19:04










  • EBCDIC ? ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSZJPZ_11.5.0/…
    – steve
    Sep 10 at 19:22










  • Hi @IporSircer, to prepare the example file, I took a small part of the file out and made sure it contains the row of 0xd1 which caused trouble. Then I re-ran the file -i command and this time it says the encoding is iso-8559-1. And that seems to be the correct encoding for the original file. So I guess the file -i only looks at a portion of a file and draws a conclusion?
    – user3768495
    Sep 10 at 19:32











  • Bottom line? Determining the correct encoding of a file is actually very, very difficult, unfortunately.If Python is an option, you can try chardet which gives great results in my opinion. FYI even chardet will give you results with a confidence interval (which is pretty smart!). pypi.org/project/chardet
    – pi0tr
    Sep 10 at 20:45















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I have a csv file in hand. When I ran 'file -i filename', it shows that it's encoded as us-ascii. But when I ran cat filename | csvcut -t -e us-ascii, I got an error:



"Your file is not "us-ascii" encoded. Please specify the correct encoding with the -e flag or with the PYTHONIOENCODING environment variable"



csvkit documentation can be found here.



I also found the file has HEX codes like 0xd1, which caused some issues. So how do I find the correct encoding of this file? Ideally I would like to convert it to utf-8 encoding. What shall do?






csv character-encoding unicode ascii







share|improve this question























  • For example include a part of your txt file in your question.
    – Ipor Sircer
    Sep 10 at 19:04










  • EBCDIC ? ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSZJPZ_11.5.0/…
    – steve
    Sep 10 at 19:22










  • Hi @IporSircer, to prepare the example file, I took a small part of the file out and made sure it contains the row of 0xd1 which caused trouble. Then I re-ran the file -i command and this time it says the encoding is iso-8559-1. And that seems to be the correct encoding for the original file. So I guess the file -i only looks at a portion of a file and draws a conclusion?
    – user3768495
    Sep 10 at 19:32











  • Bottom line? Determining the correct encoding of a file is actually very, very difficult, unfortunately.If Python is an option, you can try chardet which gives great results in my opinion. FYI even chardet will give you results with a confidence interval (which is pretty smart!). pypi.org/project/chardet
    – pi0tr
    Sep 10 at 20:45













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I have a csv file in hand. When I ran 'file -i filename', it shows that it's encoded as us-ascii. But when I ran cat filename | csvcut -t -e us-ascii, I got an error:



"Your file is not "us-ascii" encoded. Please specify the correct encoding with the -e flag or with the PYTHONIOENCODING environment variable"



csvkit documentation can be found here.



I also found the file has HEX codes like 0xd1, which caused some issues. So how do I find the correct encoding of this file? Ideally I would like to convert it to utf-8 encoding. What shall do?






csv character-encoding unicode ascii







share|improve this question















I have a csv file in hand. When I ran 'file -i filename', it shows that it's encoded as us-ascii. But when I ran cat filename | csvcut -t -e us-ascii, I got an error:



"Your file is not "us-ascii" encoded. Please specify the correct encoding with the -e flag or with the PYTHONIOENCODING environment variable"



csvkit documentation can be found here.



I also found the file has HEX codes like 0xd1, which caused some issues. So how do I find the correct encoding of this file? Ideally I would like to convert it to utf-8 encoding. What shall do?






csv character-encoding unicode ascii




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  • For example include a part of your txt file in your question.
    – Ipor Sircer
    Sep 10 at 19:04










  • EBCDIC ? ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSZJPZ_11.5.0/…
    – steve
    Sep 10 at 19:22










  • Hi @IporSircer, to prepare the example file, I took a small part of the file out and made sure it contains the row of 0xd1 which caused trouble. Then I re-ran the file -i command and this time it says the encoding is iso-8559-1. And that seems to be the correct encoding for the original file. So I guess the file -i only looks at a portion of a file and draws a conclusion?
    – user3768495
    Sep 10 at 19:32











  • Bottom line? Determining the correct encoding of a file is actually very, very difficult, unfortunately.If Python is an option, you can try chardet which gives great results in my opinion. FYI even chardet will give you results with a confidence interval (which is pretty smart!). pypi.org/project/chardet
    – pi0tr
    Sep 10 at 20:45

















  • For example include a part of your txt file in your question.
    – Ipor Sircer
    Sep 10 at 19:04










  • EBCDIC ? ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSZJPZ_11.5.0/…
    – steve
    Sep 10 at 19:22










  • Hi @IporSircer, to prepare the example file, I took a small part of the file out and made sure it contains the row of 0xd1 which caused trouble. Then I re-ran the file -i command and this time it says the encoding is iso-8559-1. And that seems to be the correct encoding for the original file. So I guess the file -i only looks at a portion of a file and draws a conclusion?
    – user3768495
    Sep 10 at 19:32











  • Bottom line? Determining the correct encoding of a file is actually very, very difficult, unfortunately.If Python is an option, you can try chardet which gives great results in my opinion. FYI even chardet will give you results with a confidence interval (which is pretty smart!). pypi.org/project/chardet
    – pi0tr
    Sep 10 at 20:45
















For example include a part of your txt file in your question.
– Ipor Sircer
Sep 10 at 19:04




For example include a part of your txt file in your question.
– Ipor Sircer
Sep 10 at 19:04












EBCDIC ? ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSZJPZ_11.5.0/…
– steve
Sep 10 at 19:22




EBCDIC ? ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSZJPZ_11.5.0/…
– steve
Sep 10 at 19:22












Hi @IporSircer, to prepare the example file, I took a small part of the file out and made sure it contains the row of 0xd1 which caused trouble. Then I re-ran the file -i command and this time it says the encoding is iso-8559-1. And that seems to be the correct encoding for the original file. So I guess the file -i only looks at a portion of a file and draws a conclusion?
– user3768495
Sep 10 at 19:32





Hi @IporSircer, to prepare the example file, I took a small part of the file out and made sure it contains the row of 0xd1 which caused trouble. Then I re-ran the file -i command and this time it says the encoding is iso-8559-1. And that seems to be the correct encoding for the original file. So I guess the file -i only looks at a portion of a file and draws a conclusion?
– user3768495
Sep 10 at 19:32













Bottom line? Determining the correct encoding of a file is actually very, very difficult, unfortunately.If Python is an option, you can try chardet which gives great results in my opinion. FYI even chardet will give you results with a confidence interval (which is pretty smart!). pypi.org/project/chardet
– pi0tr
Sep 10 at 20:45





Bottom line? Determining the correct encoding of a file is actually very, very difficult, unfortunately.If Python is an option, you can try chardet which gives great results in my opinion. FYI even chardet will give you results with a confidence interval (which is pretty smart!). pypi.org/project/chardet
– pi0tr
Sep 10 at 20:45
















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