Converting utf files to certain encode format this case cp1252

converting_files.py

import csv
import unicodedata
import sys


def normalize_and_convert(input_filepath, output_filepath):
    """ The function manage to open a file with utf and converting safely into cp1252, 
        make adjustments to accept more formats """
    # Open the input file with UTF-8 encoding
    with open(input_filepath, mode='r', encoding='utf-8', newline='') as infile:
        reader = csv.reader(infile)

        # Open the output file with CP1252 encoding
        with open(output_filepath, mode='w', encoding='cp1252', errors='replace', newline='') as outfile:
            writer = csv.writer(outfile)

            # Process each row in the input CSV file
            for row in reader:
                # Apply normalization (NFC) to each cell in the row
                normalized_row = [unicodedata.normalize('NFC', cell) for cell in row]

                # Write the normalized row to the output CSV file
                writer.writerow(normalized_row)

def main():
    # Check if the command line arguments are provided
    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
        print("Usage: python3 converting.py <input_file> <output_file>")
        sys.exit(1)

    input_file = sys.argv[1]
    output_file = sys.argv[2]

    # Run the function to normalize and convert the CSV file
    normalize_and_convert(input_file, output_file)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()