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Python2 snippet for taking a base64-encoded unicode string, and decoding it properly so there aren't trailing null bytes on ASCII characters
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py_b64unicode_decode.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Python2 snippet for taking a base64-encoded unicode string, decoding it
properly so there aren't trailing null bytes for ASCII characters
Leaving this here so I don't have to look it up again
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"""
import base64
b64_str = "ADD BASE64 UNICODE STRING HERE"
b64_str_decoded = base64.b64decode(b64_str).decode('UTF-16')
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