| #!/usr/bin/env python |
| """ |
| Script which takes one or more file paths and reports on their detected |
| encodings |
| |
| Example:: |
| |
| % chardetect somefile someotherfile |
| somefile: windows-1252 with confidence 0.5 |
| someotherfile: ascii with confidence 1.0 |
| |
| If no paths are provided, it takes its input from stdin. |
| |
| """ |
| from io import open |
| from sys import argv, stdin |
| |
| from chardet.universaldetector import UniversalDetector |
| |
| |
| def description_of(file, name='stdin'): |
| """Return a string describing the probable encoding of a file.""" |
| u = UniversalDetector() |
| for line in file: |
| u.feed(line) |
| u.close() |
| result = u.result |
| if result['encoding']: |
| return '%s: %s with confidence %s' % (name, |
| result['encoding'], |
| result['confidence']) |
| else: |
| return '%s: no result' % name |
| |
| |
| def main(): |
| if len(argv) <= 1: |
| print(description_of(stdin)) |
| else: |
| for path in argv[1:]: |
| with open(path, 'rb') as f: |
| print(description_of(f, path)) |
| |
| |
| if __name__ == '__main__': |
| main() |
