Python - convert utf16 to utf8

utf16toutf8.py

import os, sys, codecs
 
src  = ''.join(sys.argv[1:2])
dest = ''.join(sys.argv[2:3])

with open(src, 'rb') as source_file:
  with open(dest, 'w+b') as dest_file:
    contents = source_file.read()
    dest_file.write(contents.decode('utf-16').encode('utf-8'))