Detects encoding of a txt or csv file and converts it to utf-8.

txt_to_utf8.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#_*_ coding: utf-8 _*

import chardet

try:
    input_file_name = input('File name?(txt or csv) ')
    with open(input_file_name,'rb') as f_bin:
        detected_encoding = chardet.detect(f_bin.read())
        print(' Detected: '+detected_encoding['encoding'])
    with open(input_file_name, encoding=detected_encoding['encoding']) as f_utf8:
        read_str = f_utf8.read()
    with open(input_file_name[:len(input_file_name)-4]+'_conv.'+
              input_file_name[-3:],'w') as f_out:
        f_out.write(read_str)
        print(' Created: \''+input_file_name[:len(input_file_name)-4]+'_conv.'+
              input_file_name[-3:])
except FileNotFoundError:
        print('FileNotFoundError')
except UnicodeDecodeError:
        print('UnicodeDecodeError')