Print the characters corresponding to the given byte sequence in all encodings known to the python interpreter.

print_bytes_in_all_encodings.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import encodings
import pkgutil

bytes_to_decode = b"\xc4\x9b"

codecs = []
for importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.iter_modules(encodings.__path__):
    try:
        mod = __import__('encodings.' + modname, level=0, fromlist=['*'])
        try:
            getregentry = mod.getregentry
        except AttributeError:
            # Not a codec module
            continue
        codecs.append(modname)
    except:
        pass

for f in codecs:
    try:
        dec = bytes_to_decode.decode(f)
        print(f + ": " + dec)
    except:
        pass