Previously I was able to convert just by using: Type Unicode_filename.txt > new_text_file.txt
That's it. Matthew Pirritano, Ph.D. Research Analyst IV Medical Services Initiative (MSI) Orange County Health Care Agency (714) 568-5648 -----Original Message----- From: wesley chun [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 4:40 PM To: Pirritano, Matthew Cc: Python Tutor Subject: Re: [Tutor] unicode to plain text conversion > I am a total newbie. I have a very large file > 4GB that I need to > convert from Unicode to plain text. I used to just use dos when the file > was < 4GB but it no longer seems to work. Can anyone point me to some > python code that might perform this function? can you elaborate on your conversion technique when you "used to just use dos" when the file was at an appropriate size? also let us know what encodings are being used during your conversion too. code snippets would be great, as well as current errors/exceptions that you're now getting because of the file sizes. thanks, -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 "Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009 http://corepython.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com python training and technical consulting cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
