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convert_sample.go
//Just note taking a problem as i keep getting an illegal byte string
f, err := os.Open("/tmp/extra/sample.csv")
check(err)
defer f.Close()
in, err := ioutil.ReadAll(f)
check(err)
out := make([]byte, len(in))
out = out[:]
_, _, err = iconv.Convert(in, out, "utf-8", "ascii")
check(err)
// ^ got that illegal byte string
err = ioutil.WriteFile("/tmp/extra/sample.csv2", out, 0644)
check(err)
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bneil commented Sep 12, 2019

This is me just saving some code that would be useful. Im basically giving up at this point and just installing the iconv cli tool since the byte stream isnt working right T_T

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