Convert from iso-8859-1 to binary

iso-8859-1_to_binary.py

# Convert from iso-8859-1, utf-8ed to binary!
# Useful for file disclosure when encoding can be controlled
# The following C# code shows an example (result is iso-8859-1, utf-8ed!):
###string encoding = "iso-8859-1";
######string sourceFile = @"Newtonsoft.Json.dll";
######
######public void test()
######{
#########System.Text.Encoding myEncoding = Encoding.GetEncoding(encoding);
#########String sourceFilePath = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + @"\" + sourceFile;
#########String targetFilePath = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + @"\" + sourceFile+"_"+encoding+".txt";
#########StreamReader myStreamReader = new StreamReader(sourceFilePath, myEncoding);
#########Object created = myStreamReader.ReadToEnd();
#########using (StreamWriter outputFile = new StreamWriter(targetFilePath))
#########{
############outputFile.WriteLine(created);
#########}
######}


out_file = open('result.bin', 'wb')  # Output file

with open("file.txt", "rb") as binary_file:
    # Read the whole file at once
    #data = binary_file.read()
    #print(data)

    # Seek position and read N bytes
    binary_file.seek(0, 2)
    num_bytes = binary_file.tell()  # Get the file size
    print num_bytes
    pos = 0
    while (pos < num_bytes):
        binary_file.seek(pos)  # Go to beginning of where we should be!
        first_byte=binary_file.read(1)

        if (num_bytes == pos + 1): # identify the last byte
            out_file.write(first_byte)
            break

        second_byte=binary_file.read(1)
        result = first_byte # for now...

        if (bytearray(second_byte)[0] > 127):
            if(first_byte==b"\xC2"):
                # This byte is unnecessary and can be ignored! the next byte is intact
                result=second_byte
                pos = pos + 1
            elif(first_byte==b"\xC3"):
                # Now we the next byte needs be added by 40 in hex or 64 decimal
                result=chr(bytearray(second_byte)[0]+64)
                pos = pos + 1
        pos = pos + 1
        out_file.write(result)

    
out_file.close()
print "done!"