Matching lines of text in a UTF16-LE file

Question

I'm parsing a file that's written in UTF16-LE for fairly simple matches and none of them seem to trigger. For example, I have the following code.

with open(filepath) as f:
   for line in f:
      if 'TEST_CASE' in line:
         print(line)

Is there a good way to check the lines in the file for matches without altering the file itself?

Have you tried `codecs.open('file', encoding='UTF16-LE')` ? – Jon Clements Jul 10 '12 at 15:21 — Jon Clements, Jul 10 '12 at 15:21
I am assuming there's a `for line in f:` somewhere there? – Jon Clements Jul 10 '12 at 15:22 — Jon Clements, Jul 10 '12 at 15:22
You assume correctly, my bad. – angusiguess Jul 10 '12 at 15:23 — angusiguess, Jul 10 '12 at 15:23
@JonClements That seems to have worked, thanks. – angusiguess Jul 10 '12 at 15:31 — angusiguess, Jul 10 '12 at 15:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '12 at 15:32

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As per my comment codecs.open('filename', encoding='utf-16-le')

answered Jul 10 '12 at 15:32

Jon Clements

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